Plant Alphabet 53 plant species linked to the work of Roberto Burle Marx or named after him in recognition of his work as botanist, either for having collected them or described them.
> Aechmea alopecurus, Mez emend. Pereira & Leme > Aechmea burle-marxii, E. Pereira > Aechmea correia-araujoi, Pereira & Moutinho > Aechmea flavo-rosea, E. Pereira > Aechmea grazielae, Martinelli & Leme > Anthurium augustinum, C. Koch > Anthurium burle-marxii, G. M. Barroso > Barbacenia burle-marxii, L. B. Smith & E. S. Ayensu > Begonia burle-marxii, Brade > Billbergia amoena, (Lod.) Lindley var. robertiana, Pereira & Leme > Burlemarxia pungens, Menezes & Semir > Burlemarxia rodriguesii, Menezes & Semir > Burlemarxia spiralis, (L. B. Smith & Ayensu) Menezes & Semir, comb. nov. > Calathea burle-marxii, Kennedy > Calathea burle-marxii, H. Kennedy “ Ice Blue” > Calathea burle-marxii, H. Kennedy “ Snow Cone” > Calathea fatimae, H. Kennedy (ined) > Cleine spinosa, Hugh lltis > Ctenanthe burle-marxii, var. obscura Kennedy > Ctenanthe burle-marxii, Kennedy > Cryptanthus burle-marxii, Leme > Distictella reticulata, A. Gentry, sp. nov. > Dyckia burle-marxii, Smith & Read > Dyckia excelsa, Leme > Encyclia burle-marxii, Pabst > Heliconia adeliana, L. Emygdio & Em. Santos > Heliconia aemygdiana, R. Burle Marx
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> Heliconia hirsuta burle-marxii, L. Emygdio > Heliconia marie augustae, L. Emygdio & Em. Santos > Hohenbergia burle-marxii, Leme & Till > Hohenbergia lanata, Pereira & Moutinho > Mandevilla burle-marxii, Markgraf > Merianthera burle-marxii, Wurdach > Neoglaziona burle-marxii, Leme > Neoregelia burle-marxii, Leme > Neoregelia elmoriana, Luther > Ortophytum burle-marxii, Smith & Read > Ortophytum burle-marxii, var. seabrae Rauh > Ortophytum lymanianum, Pereira & Penna > Ortophytum mello-barretoi, Smith > Philodendron burle-marxii, G. M. Barroso > Philodendron grazielae, Bunt, sp. nov. > Philodendron mello-barretoanum, R. Burle Marx & G. M. Barroso > Philodendron pulchrum, G. M. Barroso > Pitcairnia burle-marxii, Braga & Sucre > Pleurostima burle-marxii, (Smith & Ayensu) N. L. de Menezes > Pleurostima fanni, Menezes > Pleurostima piqueteana, N. Menezes & Mello Silva (ined) > Pontederia burle-marxii, Mello Barreto > Vellozia burle-marxii, L. B. Smith & E. S. Ayensu > Vriesia burle-marxii, Leme > Vriesia correiaaraujoi, Pereira & Penna > Xerophyta plicata, Spreng var. nov.