Apteria Explained

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^[1]), Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America.^{[2] [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]

External links

• Southeastern Flora

Notes and References

1. Web site: Apteria aphylla - Species Details.
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=220673 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. 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
4. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
5. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Apteria%20aphylla.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
6. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101422 Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 488, 489, Nodding-nixie, Apteria aphylla (Nuttall) Barnhart ex Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 309. 1903.
7. http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=APAP US Department of Agriculture plants profile
8. Web site: Apteria aphylla . Plant Database . Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center . 19 February 2021.