Aphyllanthes
| Aphyllanthes monspeliensis | |
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| Aphyllanthes monspeliensis | |
|  Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Monocots | 
| Order: | Asparagales | 
| Family: | Asparagaceae | 
| Subfamily: |  Aphyllanthoideae Lindl.[1]  | 
| Genus: |  Aphyllanthes L.[2]  | 
| Species: | A. monspeliensis | 
| Binomial name | |
|  Aphyllanthes  monspeliensis L.[3]  | |
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| Distribution | |
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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.[1]
References
- 1 2 Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
 - ↑ "Aphyllanthes", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-09-07
 - 1 2 "Aphyllanthes monspeliensis", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-09-07
 
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