Aplectrum hyemale - Revision history

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Aplectrum hyemale''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Calypsoeae]]
| genus = '''''Aplectrum'''''
| genus_authority = ([[Nutt.]]) [[Torr.]]
| species = '''''A. hyemale'''''
| binomial = ''Aplectrum hyemale''
| binomial_authority = ([[Muhl.]] ex [[Carl Ludwig Willdenow|Willd.]]) [[Torr.]]
}}

'''''Aplectrum hyemale''''' is a [[species]] of [[orchid]]s ([[family (biology)|family]] Orchidaceae) and the sole species of the [[genus]] '''''Aplectrum'''''. The generic name comes from [[Greek language|Greek]] and signifies "spurless". The species is commonly referred to as '''Adam and Eve''' or '''putty root''', the latter refers to the [[mucilage|mucilaginous]] fluid which can be removed from the tubers when they are crushed.

[[Image:Putty-rootOrchid.jpg]]

==See also==
*''[[Oreorchis patens]]'' - an extremely similar species, also in a [[monotypic]] genus

[[Category:Flora of North America]]
[[Category:Orchid genera]]

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 {{Inc|
 Aplectrum hyemale, Nutt. (A. spicatum, B. S. P.). Putty Root. Adam-and-eve. Fig. 234. Sends up a pointed green lf. 2-6 in. long, which lasts through the winter, and in spring a stalk about a foot high, bearing a raceme of rather large greenish brown fls., which are succeeded by hanging, oblong-pointed pods (Fig. 234).—Hardy. May be grown in rich, loamy borders. Interesting, but not showy.
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 Flower spurless and sacless; petals and sepals similar, narrow; lip 3-lobed and crested, deflexed; fertile anther 1, the pollen-masses 4, smooth and waxy; column free, compressed, the anther borne below the top.
 }}
-{{Taxobox
+==Gallery==
-'''''Aplectrum hyemale''''' is a [[species]] of [[orchid]]s ([[family (biology)|family]] Orchidaceae) and the sole species of the [[genus]] '''''Aplectrum'''''. The generic name comes from [[Greek language|Greek]] and signifies &quot;spurless&quot;. The species is commonly referred to as '''Adam and Eve''' or '''putty root''', the latter refers to the [[mucilage|mucilaginous]] fluid which can be removed from the tubers when they are crushed.
+<gallery perrow=5>
-[[Image:Putty-rootOrchid.jpg]]
+==References==
-==See also==
+==External links==
-*''[[Oreorchis patens]]'' - an extremely similar species, also in a [[monotypic]] genus
+*{{wplink}}
-[[Category:Flora of North America]]
+{{stub}}
-[[Category:Orchid genera]]
+__NOTOC__

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 {{Inc|
 Aplectrum (Greek, with no spur). Orchidaceae. A small orchid, with smallish dull-colored fls. in a raceme, on a leafless scape, which springs from a large corm-like tuber. Single species (or possibly two), in woods in the northern states.