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Apteria
Family:
Burmanniaceae
FNA
Resources
Deborah Q. Lewis in Flora of North America (vol. 26)
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.
Species within checklist:
Texas
Apteria aphylla
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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MG-70-19-0057-19].
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