burkholderia plantarii burkholderia plantarii burkholderia plantarii is a gram-negative soil bacterium. its specific name comes from the latin plantarium (seedbed). burkholderia plantarii scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: burkholderiaceae genus: burkholderia species: b. plantarii binomial name burkholderia plantarii(azegami et al. 1987) urakami et al. 1994 synonyms pseudomonas plantarii azegami et al. 1987 pseudomonas vandii urakami et al. 1994 burkholderia vandii is a synonym of this species, which was named after the orchid vanda, where it was first found.