Aplectrum hyemale

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Aplectrum hyemale']

• English: Adam and Eve, Puttyroot, Adam-and-eve
• 中文: 腻根兰

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Calypsoeae • Genus: Aplectrum • Species: Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt. (1818)

Synonyms

Basionym Cymbidium hyemale Muhl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 107 (1806) Homotypic synonyms Epidendrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 375 (1810) Corallorhiza hyemalis (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 198 (1818) Heterotypic synonyms Aplectra elatior Raf., First Cat. Gard. Transylv. Univ.: 13 (1824) Aplectrum spicatum Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., Prelim. Cat.: 51 (1888) Aplectrum shortii Rydb. in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States: 305 (1901) Aplectrum spicatum var. pallidum House, Torreya 3: 54 (1903) Aplectrum hyemale var. pallidum (House) Barnhart, Torreya 4: 121 (1904) Aplectrum hyemale f. pallidum (House) House, Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 251 (1924)

Monotypic taxon

Inflorescences

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Flowers

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Leaves

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Botanical illustrations

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  plate 574 in vol. 1:
  N.L.Britton & A. Brown:
  Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada
  (1913)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Northern America Eastern Canada Ontario, Québec. North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia.

References

Description of taxon

• Nuttall, T. (1818) The Genera of North American Plants 2: 198.

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2006) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 90 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507127
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Aplectrum hyemale.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Aplectrum hyemale
• eMonocot link: Aplectrum hyemale
• Tropicos link: Aplectrum hyemale
• International Plant Names Index link: Aplectrum hyemale
• The Plant List link: Aplectrum hyemale