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Nodding Nixie (Apteria aphylla)

Description

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),-Mexico,-Central America, the-West Indies, and-South America

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Dioscoreales

            • Family: Burmanniaceae

              • Genus: Apteria