Aplectrum hyemale

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

Vernacular names

English: Adam and Eve