Apteria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Dioscoreales

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

monotypic taxon

Name

Apteria Nutt., J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 64 (1834)
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Nemitis Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 33 (1838)
Stemoptera Miers, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 62 (1840)
Monostychosepalum Barb.Rodr., Revista Hort. 22: 184 (1877)

References

Nuttall, T. (1834) Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7(1): 64–66, pl. 9, f. 2. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Apteria in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 12. Reference page.
Emonocot.org 2016. Apteria in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Oct. 7.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Apteria. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 12 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Apteria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 12.

Distribution

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, Panama.
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
Vernacular names

Apteria is a genus of flowering plants in the Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1834. It contains only one known species, Apteria aphylla, the nodding-nixie, native to the southern United States (E Texas to S Georgia and Florida[2]), Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America.[1][3][4][5][6][7]

Description

The nodding-nixie is an herb and a perennial flower which blooms during September to November. The flowers that bloom are either purple or white, either fully purple or white with purple marks. These flowers can grow to about 10 inches in height. The fruit of this plant is a capsule.[8]

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant.aspx?id=2340
Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 488, 489, Nodding-nixie, Apteria aphylla (Nuttall) Barnhart ex Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 309. 1903.
US Department of Agriculture plants profile
"Apteria aphylla". Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Retrieved 19 February 2021.