View source for Apteria ← Apteria You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Apteria |accepted_authority=Nuttall |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia |place=7: 64. 1834 |year=1834 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Burmanniaceae;Apteria |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Burmanniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Apteria]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek a, without, and pteron, wing |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 487 |treatment_page=page 488 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism nutrition;whole_organism coloration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>possibly perennial, mycotrophic, not green.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="rhizome presence"><b>Rhizomes </b>present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="root shape"><b>Roots </b>filiform.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>sometimes branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf position;leaf coloration;leaf coloration;leaf shape"><b>Leaves </b>cauline, white or purplish, scalelike to lanceolate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence architecture or arrangement or growth form;cyme architecture;cyme arrangement;cyme architecture or arrangement or growth form;flower architecture;flower arrangement;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>2–6-flowered racemose cymes or flowers solitary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="floral bract arrangement">floral bracts not imbricate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower orientation;flower architecture or shape;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>erect to nodding, neither ribbed nor winged;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="perianth duration;perianth shape">perianth persistent and rolled in fruit;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="annulus presence">annulus absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen architecture">stamens 3, proximal to inner perianth lobes, sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="">ovary 1-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;ovary placentation">placentation parietal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="pedicel atypical some measurement;pedicel some measurement">pedicel 4–12 (–18) mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties=""><b>Capsules </b>broadly ellipsoid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule dehiscence;placental quantity;rib quantity">dehiscence longitudinal by valves, leaving 3 placental ribs.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tropical North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Apteria |authority=Nuttall |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Burmanniaceae |distribution=Tropical North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America |reference=None |publication title=J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia |publication year=1834 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_1013.xml |genus=Apteria |annulus presence=absent |capsule dehiscence=longitudinal |capsule shape=ellipsoid |cyme architecture=2-6-flowered |cyme architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |cyme arrangement=racemose |floral bract arrangement=not imbricate |flower architecture=winged;2-6-flowered |flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |flower architecture or shape=ribbed |flower arrangement=racemose |flower orientation=erect;nodding |inflorescence architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |leaf coloration=purplish;white |leaf position=cauline |leaf shape=scalelike;lanceolate |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular |ovary placentation=parietal |pedicel atypical some measurement=12mm;18mm |pedicel some measurement=4mm;12mm |perianth duration=persistent |perianth shape=rolled |placental quantity=3 |rhizome presence=absent |rib quantity=3 |root shape=filiform |stamen architecture=sessile |stamen quantity=3 |stem architecture=branched |whole_organism coloration=not green |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=plant |whole_organism nutrition=mycotrophic }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Burmanniaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Burmanniaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Apteria.