Aplectrum

Life-forms

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 Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 197 (1818)

monotypic taxon

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Aplectra Raf., First Cat. Gard. Transylv. Univ.: 13 (1824)

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: 197.
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. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Aplectrum. Accessed: 2021 Mar 2.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Aplectrum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 2. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Aplectrum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 2. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Aplectrum. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Aplectrum. Published online. Accessed: 2 Mar 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Aplectrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Mar 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Adam and Eve