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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-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs,</b> succulent, minutely papillate to smooth, glabrous. <b>Roots</b> fibrous, sometimes thick and fleshy. <b>Stems</b> prostrate or climbing, green. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, opposite [alternate], petiolate, those of each pair equal; stipules absent; blade cordate [lanceolate], flat, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary [terminal], flowers solitary or in few-flowered clusters, sessile or peduncled; bracts absent. <b>Flowers</b> showy, campanulate, 1 cm diam.; hypanthium conic; calyx lobes 4, unequal, 2 larger and leaflike, 2 green, tapered; petals (including petaloid staminodia) 140, connate proximally, white, cream, yellow, or pink to purple; nectary absent; stamens 80, arising from hypanthium; pistil 4-carpellate; ovary inferior, 4-loculed; placentation axile; styles absent; stigmas 4, linear. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, hygroscopic, obconic; valves 4; valve lids and wings absent. <b>Seeds</b> 800, brownish black, flat, tuberculate; arils absent.</span><!--

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|distribution=Europe;Africa;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p>
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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
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