Aphyllanthes
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the asparagus family}}
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|image = Aphyllanthes_monspeliensis02.jpg
|image_caption = Aphyllanthes monspeliensis
|range_map = Map-Aphyllanthaceae.PNG
|range_map_caption = Distribution
|grandparent_authority = Lindl.
|parent_authority = L.{{Citation |chapter=Aphyllanthes|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=299861 |access-date=2013-09-07}}
|taxon = Aphyllanthes monspeliensis
|authority = L.{{Citation |chapter=Aphyllanthes monspeliensis|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=299864 |access-date=2013-09-07}}
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|Aphyllanthes juncea|Salisb.
|Aphyllanthes cantabrica|Bubani
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Aphyllanthes is a genus of flowering plants with only one species, Aphyllanthes monspeliensis, endemic to the western Mediterranean region. It is the only genus in the Aphyllanthoideae, a subfamily of the family Asparagaceae. Aphyllanthoideae was formerly treated as a separate family, Aphyllanthaceae.{{Citation |last=Chase |first=M.W.|last2=Reveal |first2=J.L. |last3=Fay |first3=M.F. |year=2009 |title=A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=132–136|doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x|name-list-style=amp |doi-access=free }}
Aphyllanthes are popular rock garden plants due to their preferred habitat. Because they originate from the Mediterranean, they are adapted to hot and dry conditions. Additionally, their large and bright flowers are an attractive trait which has resulted in the increased cultivation of this species for market.
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External links
- [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=59002&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060420051749/http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Aphyllanthaceae links at CSDL, Texas]
Image:Aphyllanthes monspeliensis01.jpg
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