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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var. pallidum

Flowers

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Leaves

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USA - Pennsylvania
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USA - Pennsylvania
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USA - Pennsylvania

Botanical illustrations

Aplectrum hyemale
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, 2^nd 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

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