Aphyllanthes: Difference between revisions

{{shortShort description|Genus of flowering plants in the asparagus family}}

|parent_authority = L.<ref name=WCSP_299861>{{Citation |chapter=''Aphyllanthes''|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |url=https://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=299861 |accessdateaccess-date=2013-09-07}}</ref>

|authority = L.<ref name=WCSP_299864>{{Citation |chapter=''Aphyllanthes monspeliensis''|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |url=https://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=299864 |accessdateaccess-date=2013-09-07}}</ref>

'''''Aphyllanthes''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s 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 (biology)|family]] [[Asparagaceae]]. Aphyllanthoideae was formerly treated as a separate family, Aphyllanthaceae.<ref name=crf2009>{{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|lastauthorampname-list-style=yesamp |doi-access=free }}</ref>

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.