Apteria aphylla

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
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 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 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