Botany
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 and Florida), Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America.
Ephedra (plant).
Guacamaya superba.
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