Apteria

Ap`te´ri`a


n. pl.1.(Zool.) Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See Pteryliæ.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Entretanto, deve-se salientar que foram catalogadas 11 novas ocorrencias para o Maranhao, sendo elas: Acisanthera crassipes, Ancistrotropis peduncularis, Apteria aphylla, Cassipourea guianensis, Dioclea violacea, Melochia parvifolia, Oldenlandia tenuis, Piriqueta hapala, Rhynchospora hirsuta, Rugoloa pilosa, Sacciolepis indica e Vigna luteola.
DIVERSITY AND FLORISTIC SIMILARITY OF AREA OF ECOTONAL RESTINGA IN MARANHAO STATE, NORTHEAST OF BRAZIL/DIVERSIDADE E SIMILARIDADE FLORISTICA DE UMA RESTINGA ECOTONAL NO MARANHAO, NORDESTE DO BRASIL/DIVERSIDAD Y SIMILARIDAD FLORISTICA DE UNA RESTINGA ECOTONAL EN EL ESTADO DE MARANHAO, NORDESTE DE BRASIL
(7) The dense feather layer and lack of apteria in penguins create a greater diagnostic challenge.
Right heart failure in an African penguin (Spheniscus demersus)
We also visually inspected nestlings of lark sparrows for ectoparasites, including apteria, feathers (if present), and facial, neck, and wing regions as described by Clayton and Walther (1997).
Abundance and diversity of arthropods in nests of lark sparrows (Chondestes grammacus)
Apteria 1/0; Burmannia 2/0; Dictyostega 1/0; Gymnosiphon 3/0
El endemismo en las Liliopsida mexicanas
Under the wings are the largest of these patches, called apteria, which cool birds in flight.
Flight patterns
En el neotropico se han registrado 10 generos y cerca de 55 especies (Maas & Maas, 2005), de las cuales hasta el presente solo tres se han citado para la Argentina: Apteria aphylla (Nuttall) Barnhart ex Small, Burmannia capitata (Michx.) Mart.
Gymnosiphon divaricatus (Burmanniaceae), nuevo registro de una mico-heterotrofa para la Argentina/Gymnosiphon divaricatus (burmanniaceae), nuevo registro de una mico-heterotrofa para la Argentina
Only slightly swollen, foliose rhizomes in combination with long, filiform roots observed in most Burmanniaceae (Apteria, Burmannia, Cymbocarpa, Dictyostega, Gymnosiphon, Hexapterella, Marthella, Miersiella).
Subterranean structures and mycotrophy of the achlorophyllous Dictyostega orobanchoides (Burmanniaceae)

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