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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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'''''Burmeistera''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family, [[Campanulaceae]]. There are around 130 species distributed in Central and South America.<ref name=much>Muchhala, N., & Potts, M. D. (2007). [http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/274/1626/2731.short Character displacement among bat-pollinated flowers of the genus ''Burmeistera'': analysis of mechanism, process and pattern.] ''Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences'', 274(1626), 2731-2737.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mashburn|first=Brock|date=2019-05-28|title=A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Burmeistera (Campanulaceae) in Ecuador|url=https://irl.umsl.edu/thesis/356|journal=Theses}}</ref> This genus represents a rapid [[evolutionary radiation]] with species having diverged within only the last 2.6 million years.<ref>{{Cite journal|
These are herbs, shrubs, or lianas. Most have either green or yellow flowers with purple markings and inflated fruit pods.<ref name=much2>Muchhala, N., & Lammers, T. G. (2005). [http://www.bio.miami.edu/muchhala/Muchhala_%26_Lammers_05.pdf A new species of ''Burmeistera'' (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae) from Ecuador.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060905132652/http://www.bio.miami.edu/muchhala/Muchhala_%26_Lammers_05.pdf |date=2006-09-05 }} ''Novon'', 15, 176-179.</ref>
The flowers of these plants are pollinated by bats, except for ''[[Burmeistera rubrosepala]]'', which is pollinated by hummingbirds. Bats such as ''[[Anoura geoffroyi]]'' and ''[[Anoura caudifer]]'' visit the flowers for the nectar.<ref name=much/>
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