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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Citrus Co. : Rose Hill. 30° 19' 60" N 84° 7' 60" W
Description Infrequent small colonies hereabouts; flowers purple.
Habitat Open hardwood forest.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector G. R. Cooley
Collection Date 29 Nov 1957
Accession Number 1663
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Citrus Co. : N of the Crystal River Historical Memorial, ca. 0.5 mi. N of the Crystal River and 1.3 mi. W of FL 55 (NW of town of Crystal River). T18S, R17E, Sec. 18.
Description Rare.
Habitat Mixed hydric-mesic, hardwood forest.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector A.G. Shuey
Collection Date 18 Nov 1982
Accession Number 176790
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Citrus Co. : Inverness; FL 44 and South Estate Point, 2 mi. E of US 41. 28° 50' 9" N 82° 19' 49" W
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector N. L. Mawhinney
Collection Date 20 Oct 1982
Accession Number 177855
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Lake Co. : Alexander Springs. 29° 4' 49" N 81° 34' 41" W
Habitat Mesic broadleaf forest.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector R. F. Daubenmire
with J. Daubenmire
Collection Date 24 Nov 1979
Accession Number 178013
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small - Determined By: Wunderlin, 1984
Determination History
Burmannia biflora L.
Locality USA. Florida , Lake Co. : Alexander Springs. 29° 4' 49" N 81° 34' 41" W
Description Corolla purple.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. F. Daubenmire
with J. Daubenmire
Collection Date 04 Nov 1981
Accession Number 178014
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Hernando Co. : 2 mi. N of Brooksville. T22S, R19E, Sec. 10. 28° 33' 19" N 82° 23' 16" W
Description Scattered.
Habitat Seepage slope in low hammock with Sphagnum and other bryophytes.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. Lassiter
with J. Lassiter
Collection Date 15 Nov 1980
Accession Number 151200
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Seminole Co. : Wekiwa Springs State Park. All along boardwalk above springs.
Description Numerous; stems purple, flowers tubular, pinkish white.
Habitat Swamp forest.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector C. L. McCartney Jr.
Collection Date 24 Oct 1998
Accession Number 225860
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Manatee Co. : South Fork State Preserve. S side of South Fork Creek. T33S, R20E, Sec. 12, N½ of SW¼ of NE¼ of SE¼.
Description Rare, saprophytic [mycoheterotrophic] forb to 20 cm height.
Habitat Slope, bottomland forest.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector S. Cole
with R. Owens
Collection Date 05 Nov 1994
Accession Number 232559
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Hernando Co. : 6 mi. N of Brooksville on FL 476. 28° 33' 19" N 82° 23' 16" W
Description Small plants 3-9 inches tall; stems dark purple; corolla light lavender.
Habitat Moist hammock, oak, Ostrya.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector C. vanHoek
Collection Date 03 Nov 1979
Accession Number 141571
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Calhoun Co. : Blountstown, Sam Atkins Park behind the Settlement. 30° 27' 18" N 85° 4' 21" W
Description Locally occasional, erect herb to 13 cm; pale blue flowers with deep purple markings in the throat that show throught the corolla wall.
Habitat Floodplain forest trail.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector T. MacClendon
with K. MacClendon, J. Ludlow, W. Cherry
Collection Date 05 Aug 2008
Accession Number 246338
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Hillsborough River State Park. S of river, N of Model Dairy Road. T27S, R21E, Sec. 7, SW¼ of SE¼ of SW¼. 27° 55' 0" N 82° 20' 60" W
Habitat In leaf litter; upland mixed forest.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector A. Bishop
with K. Alvarez
Collection Date 31 Oct 2003
Accession Number 257870
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Leon Co. : N of Governors Square Mall and Square Boulevard, S of Park Avenue, W of Blair Stone Road, in E-central Tallahassee, ca. 1.6 air mi. E of downtown; Blairstone Commons. T1N, R1E, Sec. 32, NE¼ of NE¼ of SW¼. 30° 26' 25" N 84° 15' 10" W
Habitat Semi-evergreen broadleaf acid seep forest; community dominated by Magnolia virginiana, Quercus nigra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Pinus taeda, Carpinus caroliniana, mixed ferns, sedges, seepage herbs. Soils - Yonges (Typic Ochraqualfs).
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector S. L. Orzell
with E.L. Bridges
Collection Date 06 Sep 1990
Accession Number 210781
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Hernando Co. : Along US 50, 2 mi. W of Brooksville; roadside. 28° 33' 19" N 82° 23' 16" W
Description Several plants seen.
Habitat Edge of hammock; in open floor of hammock.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector J. D. Ray, Jr.
Collection Date 16 Oct 1959
Accession Number 15017
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Hernando Co. : W side of US 98, 1.3 mi. S of FL 476, 0.3 mi. N of side road to Pentecostal Church, 4.7 mi. N of junction of US 98 and US 41; Brooksville. 28° 33' 19" N 82° 23' 16" W
Description One small colony; flowers lavender, base yellowish white; stem deep purple; very rare.
Habitat In mosses and Mitchella under Serenoa in deep shade of rich hammock.
Reproductive State Flower Immature Fruit
Collector J. Beckner
with C. Patton, J. Patton
Collection Date 16 Aug 1980
Accession Number 149644
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Hernando Co. : US 41 and Old Fort Dade Highway, 0.5 mi. N of Brooksville. 28° 33' 19" N 82° 23' 16" W
Description Few, scattered.
Habitat Along bottom of seepage slope in low hammock with Liparis elata, Dryopteris ludoviciana and Ardisia escallonioides.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector J. A. Lassiter
with R. Lassiter
Collection Date 26 Nov 1977
Accession Number 130070
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small - Determined By: Skean,
Locality USA. Florida , Alachua Co. : E side of NW 45th Avenue, ca. 0.5 km NW of NW 13th Street (US 441); Gainesville. T9S, R20E, Sec. 19, SE¼ of NE¼. 29° 39' 5" N 82° 19' 30" W
Description Infrequent; flowers pink-purple.
Habitat Moist woods with Quercus nigra, Liquidambar, Magnolia grandiflora, Persea borbonia, Chionanthus, Osmanthus, and Rhododendron.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector J. D. Skean, Jr.
with K. Perkins, A. Petty
Collection Date 05 Nov 1982
Accession Number 170567
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Holmes Co. : S of US 90 (FL 10) in unnamed tributary to Jack Bay, ca. 5.3 mi. WSW of Ponce de Leon. T3N, R18W, Sec. 35, SE¼ of NE¼ of NE¼ of NE¼. 30° 43' 4" N 86° 0' 17" W
Habitat Acid seep forest. Soils - Typic Paleudults.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Elevation 190 to 200 ft
Collector S. L. Orzell
with E.L. Bridges
Collection Date 29 Sep 1992
Accession Number 228076
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Lake Co. : Seminole State Forest. Along Sulphur Run, ca. 0.6 air mi. SE of Lake Jordan, 1.5 air mi. ESE of Cassia, ca. 14.9 air mi. ENE of Eustis. T18S, R29E, Sec. 31, NE¼ of SE¼. 28° 52' 36" N 81° 26' 37" W
Habitat Seepage-saturated hydric hammock ecotone along blackwater creek.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector S. L. Orzell
with E.L. Bridges
Collection Date 20 Aug 1994
Accession Number 235550
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Martin Co. : Peck Lake Park. 0.4 mi. E of Gomez Road, ca. 0.1 mi. S of SE Little Harbor Drive, ca. 0.45 mi. NE of intersection of Gomez and SE Osprey Street. 27° 6' 24" N 80° 8' 47" W
Description Common; flowers light purple.
Habitat Baygall dominated by Persea palustris, Acer rubrum, Sabal palmetto, Thelypteris interrupta, Osmunda cinnamomea, Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis, Blechnum serrulatum.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector S. W. Woodmansee
with J. Sadle
Collection Date 22 Oct 2002
Accession Number 249270
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Hernando Co. : NW of Brooksville, off US 98. 28° 33' 19" N 82° 23' 16" W
Habitat Dispersed in openings of soil, under canopy; hammock.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector O. K. Lakela
Collection Date 22 Sep 1963
Accession Number 55864
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Seminole Co. : 0.25-0.5 mi. E of the Seminole County Park, S side FL 419. 28° 41' 60" N 81° 12' 0" W
Habitat Wet deciduous wood at base of needle palm [Rhapidophyllum hystrix].
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector J. E. Poppleton
with A.G. Shuey
Collection Date 19 Jan 1975
Accession Number 116883
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Everglades National Park. SW of Homestead; Madeira Slough. 25° 57' 18" N 80° 44' 41" W
Habitat Cypress [Taxodium] head; on mounds of humus around base of cypress [Taxodium] trees in more dense stands of trees.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector F. C. Craighead
Collection Date 01 Mar 1963
Accession Number 55141
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Manatee Co. : W of FL 39. T33E, R21E, Sec. 13.
Habitat Hydric hardwood area at base of Quercus nigra where leaf litter was built up around trunk.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector L. J. Swanson
Collection Date 02 Dec 1974
Accession Number 118200
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small - Determined By: Hilsenb., 10 Nov 1976
Locality USA. Florida , Seminole Co. : 28° 43' 1" N 81° 14' 11" W
Description Sepals green with blue tips.
Habitat Pineland.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector G. R. Cooley
with R.J. Eaton, J.D. Ray, Jr.
Collection Date 03 May 1960
Accession Number 18801
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Marion Co. : Ocala National Forest. Juniper Springs campground. 29° 11' 14" N 82° 8' 24" W
Habitat Moist, shady, humus.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector P. Genelle
with G. Fleming
Collection Date 19 Jun 1973
Accession Number 105451
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Marion Co. : Edge of Mud Lake. T14S, R24E, Sec. 1, SE¼. 27° 51' 34" N 82° 5' 7" W
Description Very infrequent.
Habitat On the tussocks with Burmannia biflora; mixed swamp dominated by Sabal palmetto, Persea palustris, and Magnolia virginiana; Rhynchospora miliacea very common.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector S. T. Cooper
with D.L. Martin
Collection Date 22 Aug 1975
Accession Number 121000
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small - Determined By: D. B. Ward,
Locality USA. Florida , Clay Co. : Gold Head Branch State Park. Below old mill dam. T7S, R23E, Sec. 36.
Description Frequent; perianth pale lavender; stems dark lavender.
Habitat Only in small area, deep leaf mold in damp woods.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector D. B. Ward
with T. Myint, R.R. Smith, M. Steinman
Collection Date 01 Oct 1960
Accession Number 42806
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Citrus Co. : Near Trails End Road, 3 mi. E of Floral City.
Description Scattered colony.
Habitat Hardwood hammock with Triphora trianthophora, T. craigheadii, and T. rickettii.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector R. Lassiter
Collection Date 27 Aug 1976
Accession Number 130657
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small - Determined By: Lakela, 19-Dec-1965
Determination History
Burmannia biflora L.
Locality USA. Mississippi , Jackson Co. : Pascagoula River; Goff's Fish Camp, N of VanCleave.
Habitat Wet wooded thicket in bottomland.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. D. Ray, Jr.
Collection Date 18 Jul 1952
Accession Number 44120
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Louisiana , St. Tammany Par. : At LA 40 bridge over Bogue Falaya River 0.5 mi. E of Folsom. T2S, R10E, Sec. 11.
Habitat Woods and roadbank.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. D. Taylor
with R.D. Thomas
Collection Date 18 Aug 1983
Accession Number 219113
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Determination History
Apteria setacea Nutt.
Locality USA. Mississippi , Jackson Co. : Ocean Springs.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector A. B. Seymour
Collection Date 01 Sep 1891
Accession Number 19349
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small - Determined By: H. van der Werff & B. Holst, 1985
Locality Venezuela. Bolívar Cedeno District; In morichal, 14 km S of Calcara de L'Orinoco. 7° 34' 60" N 66° 15' 0" W
Description Saprophyte; corolla lilac; stem purplish-pink.
Habitat In densely wooded area, growing in leaf mold.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 100 to m
Collector H. van der Werff
with B. Holst
Collection Date 07 Nov 1985
Accession Number 193243
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Cypress Creek Nature Preserve, Lutz. 28° 9' 53" N 82° 24' 43" W
Habitat Mesic hardwood forest.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector S. Dickman
Collection Date 06 Aug 2020
Accession Number 301239
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Cypress Creek Nature Preserve, Lutz. 28° 9' 58" N 82° 24' 39" W
Habitat Mesic hardwood forest.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector S. Dickman
Collection Date 16 Jun 2020
Accession Number 302212
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Hernando Co. : Weeki Wachee State Park. 28° 30' 54" N 82° 35' 11" W
Description Few seen; flowers blue-lavender.
Habitat In leaf litter in mesic - hydric hammocks ecotone, near Habenaria floribunda.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector C. Becker
Collection Date 03 Oct 2019
Accession Number 303111
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Apteria aphylla
Family Name Burmanniaceae
Currently Accepted Name Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small
Locality USA. Florida , Palm Beach Co. : Pond Cypress Natural Area. 26° 44' 48" N 80° 11' 59" W
Description Stem and leaves dark purple with no green evident; flowers pale lavender.
Habitat In dappled shade of saw palmetto [Serenoa repens] and wax myrtle [Morella cerifera] on small area of spoil in a former marsh.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector C. Black
with S. Channon
Collection Date 18 Dec 2018
Accession Number 303718
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