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|accepted_name=Aptenia
|accepted_authority=N. E. Brown
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gard. Chron., ser.
|place=3, 78: 412. 1925
|year=1925
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Aizoaceae;Aptenia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Aizoaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Aptenia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek a- , not, and pt enos, winged, in reference to the lack of wings on the capsules
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 77
|treatment_page=page 83
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism texture;whole_organism relief;whole_organism relief;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Subshrubs,</b> succulent, minutely papillate to smooth, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root texture;root width;root texture"><b>Roots </b>fibrous, sometimes thick and fleshy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem growth form;stem growth form;stem coloration"><b>Stems </b>prostrate or climbing, green.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf arrangement;leaf architecture;leaf variability"><b>Leaves </b>cauline, opposite [alternate], petiolate, those of each pair equal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stipule presence">stipules absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;blade prominence or shape;margin architecture or shape">blade cordate [lanceolate], flat, margins entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary [terminal], flowers solitary or in few-flowered clusters, sessile or peduncled;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="bract presence">bracts absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower prominence;flower shape;flower diameter"><b>Flowers </b>showy, campanulate, 1 cm diam.;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="hypanthium shape">hypanthium conic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="calyx lobe quantity;calyx lobe size;calyx lobe quantity;calyx lobe size;calyx lobe architecture or shape;calyx lobe quantity;calyx lobe coloration;calyx lobe shape">calyx lobes 4, unequal, 2 larger and leaflike, 2 green, tapered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="petal quantity;petal fusion;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration">petals (including petaloid staminodia) 140, connate proximally, white, cream, yellow, or pink to purple;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="nectary presence">nectary absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen orientation">stamens 80, arising from hypanthium;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="pistil architecture">pistil 4-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="">ovary inferior, 4-loculed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="ovary position;ovary architecture;ovary placentation">placentation axile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="style presence">styles absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="stigma quantity;stigma arrangement or course or shape">stigmas 4, linear.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="fruits capsule architecture;fruits capsule shape"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, hygroscopic, obconic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="valve quantity">valves 4;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="valve presence;lid presence;wing presence">valve lids and wings absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="seed quantity;seed coloration;seed prominence or shape;seed relief"><b>Seeds </b>800, brownish black, flat, tuberculate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s23" data-properties="aril presence">arils absent.</span><!--

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|distribution=Europe;Africa;Australia
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Aptenia
|author=Nancy J. Vivrette
|authority=N. E. Brown
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Aizoaceae
|distribution=Europe;Africa;Australia
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Gard. Chron., ser.
|publication year=1925
|special status=
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|genus=Aptenia
|aril presence=absent
|blade prominence or shape=flat
|blade shape=cordate
|bract presence=absent
|calyx lobe architecture or shape=leaflike
|calyx lobe coloration=green
|calyx lobe quantity=2;2;4
|calyx lobe shape=tapered
|calyx lobe size=larger;unequal
|flower architecture=peduncled;sessile
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=in few-flowered clusters;solitary
|flower diameter=1
|flower prominence=showy
|flower shape=campanulate
|fruits capsule architecture=hygroscopic
|fruits capsule shape=obconic
|hypanthium shape=conic
|inflorescence position=axillary
|leaf architecture=petiolate
|leaf arrangement=opposite
|leaf position=cauline
|leaf variability=equal
|lid presence=absent
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|nectary presence=absent
|ovary architecture=4-loculed
|ovary placentation=axile
|ovary position=inferior
|petal coloration=pink;purple
|petal fusion=connate
|petal quantity=140
|pistil architecture=4-carpellate
|root texture=fleshy;fibrous
|root width=thick
|seed coloration=brownish black
|seed prominence or shape=flat
|seed quantity=800
|seed relief=tuberculate
|stamen orientation=arising
|stamen quantity=80
|stem coloration=green
|stem growth form=climbing;prostrate
|stigma arrangement or course or shape=linear
|stigma quantity=4
|stipule presence=absent
|style presence=absent
|valve presence=absent
|valve quantity=4
|whole_organism growth form=subshrub
|whole_organism pubescence=glabrous
|whole_organism relief=papillate to smooth;papillate
|whole_organism texture=succulent
|wing presence=absent
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