BURMANNIACEAE

Baksh-Comeau, Yasmin S., Maharaj, Shobha S., Adams, Dennis, Harris, Stephen A., Filer, Denis L. & Hawthorne, William D., 2016, An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical ‘ hotspots’, Phytotaxa 250 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

BURMANNIACEAE

Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small, Fl. S. E. United States 309 (1903) Habit: Herb. Habitat: Saprophyte in leaf litter in marsh forest. IUCN: LC. Star: GN. Vouchers (selected): TRINIDAD: St. Anns, sine coll. (TRIN 1810); Tucuche, [Crueger s.n.] (TRIN 1511), sine coll. (TRIN 5244), sine coll. (TRIN 10698); Las Cuevas, sine coll. (TRIN 1812, [Finlay s.n.] (TRIN 1611); Aripo Road, sine coll. (TRIN 10920); Hollis Reservoir, Adams 13587 (TRIN); Waller Field, Howard 10495 (BM); Aripo Savanna, sine coll. (TRIN 8037), sine coll. (TRIN 11208), Adams 14580 (TRIN); Long Stretch, sine coll. (TRIN 13802). Global range: Widespread in Central and South America and the Caribbean.

Burmannia capitata (Walter ex J.F.Gmel.) Mart. , Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 12 (1824) Habit: Herb. Habitat: Open sandy savannas. IUCN: LC. Star: GN. Vouchers (selected): TRINIDAD: Piarco Savanna, sine coll. (TRIN 4981), sine coll. (TRIN 5184), Broadway 2118 (BM, K), sine coll. (TRIN 8017); O’Meara Savanna, Crueger 237 (TRIN

CHECKLIST TO VASCULAR PLANTS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Phytotaxa 250 (1) © 2016 Magnolia Press • 139 1608), sine coll. (TRIN 13246); Waller Field, Howard 10494 (BM); Aripo Savanna, sine coll. (TRIN 1811), Broadway s.n. (BM), Alston 5048 (BM), Richardson 808 (K); Long Stretch Gravel Pit, sine coll. (TRIN 14183); Long Stretch, Adams 14025 (TRIN). Global range: Widespread in Central and South America and the Caribbean.

Dictyostega orobanchoides (Hooker) Miers subsp. orobanchoides, Proc. Linn. Soc. 1: 61 (1840) Habit: Herb. Habitat: Forests. IUCN: LC. Star: GN. Vouchers (selected): TRINIDAD: Without locality, Crueger s.n. (TRIN 1511). Global range: Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia.

Dictyostega orobanchoides (Hooker) Miers subsp. parviflora (Benth.) Snelders & Maas, Acta Bot. Neerl. 30: 143 (1981) Habit: Herb. Habitat: Forests. IUCN: LC. Star: GN. Vouchers (selected): TRINIDAD: Arima, Crueger 236 (TRIN 1609); Aripo Savanna, [Finlay s.n.] (TRIN 1612), Alexander s.n. (TRIN), sine coll. (TRIN 8026); Long Stretch, sine coll. (TRIN 13818). Global range: Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia.

Gymnosiphon divaricatus (Benth.) Benth. & Hook. f, Gen. Pl. 3: 458 (1883) Habit: Herb. Habitat: Lowland to montane forests. IUCN: LC. Star: GN. Vouchers (selected): TRINIDAD: Tucuche, Jodhan s.n. (TRIN); Blanchisseuse, Maas et al. 4482 (NY). Global range: Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru.

Gymnosiphon niveus (Griseb.) Urban, Symb. Antill. 3: 444 (1903) Habit: Herb. Habitat: Forest. IUCN: NE. Star: GD. Vouchers (selected): TRINIDAD: Maas et al. 2688 (U); Maas et al. 2689 (K, TRIN, U); Blanchisseuse, Maas et al. 4484 (U). Global range: Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles.

Hexapterella gentianoides Urban, Symb. Antill. 3: 451 (1903) Habit: Herb. Habitat: Rain forest or swampy savannas. IUCN: NE. Star: BU. Vouchers (selected): TRINIDAD: Maas et al. 2691 (U); Maas et al. 4480 (U). Global range: Guyana, Brazil, Columbia, Surinam.

Marthella trinitatis (Johow) Urban, Symb. Antill. 3: 448 (1903) Syn: Gymnosiphon trinitatis Johow Habit : Herb. Habitat: Montane forests. IUCN: CR. Star: BK. Vouchers (selected): TRINIDAD: Johow s.n. (BONN, B). Global range: Endemic to Trinidad.