Taxon	Illustrator ⠉
	Burmannia capitata Burmannia biflora Apteria aphylla Thismia americana	John Myers John Myers John Myers John Myers

Plants possibly perennial, mycotrophic, not green. Rhizomes present. Roots filiform. Stems sometimes branched. Leaves cauline, white or purplish, scalelike to lanceolate. Inflorescences 2–6-flowered racemose cymes or flowers solitary; floral bracts not imbricate. Flowers erect to nodding, neither ribbed nor winged; perianth persistent and rolled in fruit; annulus absent; stamens 3, proximal to inner perianth lobes, sessile; ovary 1-locular; placentation parietal; pedicel 4–12 (–18) mm. Capsules broadly ellipsoid; dehiscence longitudinal by valves, leaving 3 placental ribs.

Distribution

Tropical North America, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America

Discussion

Species 1.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Apteria aphylla