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|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
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>possibly perennial, mycotrophic, not green. <b>Rhizomes</b> present. <b>Roots</b> filiform. <b>Stems</b> sometimes branched. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, white or purplish, scalelike to lanceolate. <b>Inflorescences</b> 2–6-flowered racemose cymes or flowers solitary; floral bracts not imbricate. <b>Flowers</b> 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. <b>Capsules</b> broadly ellipsoid; dehiscence longitudinal by valves, leaving 3 placental ribs.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tropical North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p>
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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=
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|genus=Apteria
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