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|accepted_name=Aplectrum
|accepted_authority=(Nuttall) Torrey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl.
|place=2: 197. 1818
|year=1818
}}
|common_names=Putty-root;Adam-and-Eve;aplectrum d’hiver
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Corallorhizinae;Aplectrum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Corallorhizinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Aplectrum]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek a, without, and plectron, spur
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 495, 497
|treatment_page=page 632
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial. <b>Roots</b> in fascicles at base of pseudobulb, slender, fibrous. <b>Corms</b> connected by slender rhizomes. <b>Stems</b> scapes, cormose. <b>Leaves</b> produced in late summer–fall, withering in spring, solitary, borne at distal end of corm, plicate. <b>Inflorescences</b> solitary, lax racemes from lateral nodes on corm; floral bracts inconspicuous; cauline bracts sheathing, large. <b>Flowers</b> several, resupinate; sepals to 15 mm; lip 3-lobed, with 3 parallel lamellae; column compressed; pollinarium 1; pollinea 4, attached to viscidium by short stipe; stigma deeply concave. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, pendent, straight, 7 mm.</span><!--

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|distribution=e North America;e Asia (Japan).
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Aplectrum
|author=Charles J. Sheviak;Paul M. Catling
|authority=(Nuttall) Torrey
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=e North America;e Asia (Japan).
|reference=None
|publication title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl.
|publication year=1818
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Corallorhizinae
|genus=Aplectrum
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