Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
family Burmanniaceae

family Burmanniaceae

9.9
A group of small tropical plants with leaves at the base and small flowers
  • noun
  • Specialized
: familia Burmanniaceae
  • The family Burmanniaceae is noted for plants with basal leaves and small, pale flowers.

Examples

  • Many species in the family Burmanniaceae are adapted to tropical rainforest environments.

  • The family Burmanniaceae includes many tropical herbs.

  • Botanists study the family Burmanniaceae for its unusual floral structures.

  • Did you know that the family Burmanniaceae contains unique flowers?

  • Botanists study the family Burmanniaceae for its unusual floral structures.

  • Many species in the family Burmanniaceae thrive in tropical rainforest environments.

  • The family Burmanniaceae includes tropical herbs known for their basal leaves and small flowers.

Synonyms

Burmanniaceae
vsfamily Burmanniaceae
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of small tropical plants with leaves at the base and small flowers

is the formal taxonomic label used for that group

Surface Forms

family Burmanniaceae singular
families Burmanniaceae plural

Morphology

family + Burmanniaceae

The phrase is a straightforward taxonomic label: 'family' denotes a scientific grouping of related species and 'Burmanniaceae' is the specific family name, so the combined meaning ('the family called Burmanniaceae') is directly derivable from the parts. Although the Latin name is specialized vocabulary, the compounding pattern (rank + name) is cross-linguistically common and therefore transparent to learners who know the constituents.

Etymology

Family Burmanniaceae may come from the plant group name Burmannia, which was given in honour of the plant scientist Johannes Burman. So family Burmanniaceae simply means 'a group of related tropical plants' with small flowers and leaves at the base, and the family name remembers Burman.