Botany

Burnettia

Burnettia cuneata, commonly known as lizard orchid, is the only species of the flowering plant genus Burnettia in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is a leafless terrestrial, mycotrophic herb with one or two leaf-like bracts and up to seven flowers that are brownish on the back and pink or white inside. It is endemic to southeastern Australia where it grows in dense thickets in swamps.

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• ▸Astragalus penduliflorus
• ▸Francesco Cairo
• ▸Basal angiosperms

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