. Burbidgea nitida. English: Burbidgea nitida, which is described by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker in the source thus: 'This very beautiful plant is the type of an entirely new genus ... Mr. Burbidge [Frederick William Burbidge (1847–1905), British explorer], who discovered it when travelling in Borneo, for Messrs. Veitch, informs me that it grows in shady forests of the Murut district in Borneo, between the Lawas and Trusan rivers, at an altitude of 1,000 to 1,500 feet ...' . 1879 105 Burbidgea nitida from Curtis's Botanical Magazine 1879

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