Apteria aphylla

Apteria aphylla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dioscoreales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Dioscoreales

Familia: Burmanniaceae
Tribus: Burmannieae
Genus: Apteria
Species: Apteria aphylla

Name

Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 309 (1903)

• monotypic taxon

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Lobelia aphylla Nutt., Amer. J. Sci. Arts 5: 297 (1822)
  • Apteria setacea Nutt., J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 64 (1834)
  • Nemitis setacea (Nutt.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 33 (1838)
  • Stemoptera lilacina Miers, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 62 (1840)
  • Apteria lilacina (Miers) Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 18: 546 (1841)
  • Apteria setacea var. major Hook., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 7: t. 660 (1844)
  • Apteria hymenanthera Miq., Stirp. Surinam. Select.: 216 (1851)
  • Monostychosepalum monanthum Barb.Rodr., Revista Hort. 22: 184 (1877)
  • Apteria ulei Schltr., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 47: 102 (1905)
  • Apteria boliviana Rusby, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 447 (1907)
  • Apteria aphylla var. hymenanthera (Miq.) Jonker in A.A.Pulle, Fl. Suriname 1(1): 186 (1938)
  • Apteria gentianoides Jonker, Monogr. Burmann.: 211 (1938)
  • Apteria hymenanthera f. decolorata Cif., Atti Ist. Bot. Lab. Crittog. Univ. Pavia, ser. 5, 7: 27 (1946)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi. Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Southern South America Paraguay. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Barnhart, J.H. (1903) Fl. S.E. U.S.: 309.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Apteria aphylla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 12. Reference page. 
• Emonocot.org 2016. Apteria aphylla in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Oct. 7.
• International Plant Names Index. 2015. Apteria aphylla. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 12 2015.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Apteria aphylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Sept. 2015.

Vernacular names

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