Aplectrum hyemale

Aplectrum hyemale

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Calypsoeae
Genus: Aplectrum
Species: Aplectrum hyemale

Name

Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 198 (1818).

• monotypic taxon

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Cymbidium hyemale Muhl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 107 (1806).
• Homotypic
  • 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
  • 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).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

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: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

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

Additional references

• 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 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Aplectrum hyemale. Accessed: 2023 Dec 2.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Aplectrum hyemale in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Dec 2. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Aplectrum hyemale. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Dec 2. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Aplectrum hyemale. Accessed: 2 Dec 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Aplectrum hyemale. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Aplectrum hyemale. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec 2023.

Vernacular names

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

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