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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]]
| 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]]
