Aphyllanthes L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 19

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293845

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BD9943-FFAA-FF8A-C035-F868FAA98253

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scientific name

Aphyllanthes L.
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11. Aphyllanthes L. 1

Glabrous, scapose perennial herbs with short, non-bulbous stock and fibrous roots. Leaves reduced to scarious sheaths. Flowers blue (rarely white), solitary or in compact clusters of 2-3, subtended by subterminal bracts and appearing terminal. Perianthsegments free, 1-veined, the lower part erect, the upper more or less patent. Filaments glabrous, not dilated at base; anthers dorsifixed, introrse. Fruit a loculicidal capsule; seeds 3.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Liliales

Family

Liliaceae

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