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Acorus L.

  • Sp. Pl. 1: 324. 1753. (1 May 1753)

Acorus L.
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 324. 1753. (1 May 1753)
  • Sweet-flag [Latin form of Greek akoron, presumably an ancient plant name]


Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2020): Acorus L. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000000350. Accessed on: 03 Aug 2020'

General Information

Morphological characters and geographical distribution are the same as those of the family.

  • Provided by: [C].Flora Of CHina @ efloras.org
      • Source: [
    • 1
      • ]. 

    Herbs, wetlands or rocky stream banks, when bruised or broken producing pleasant and distinctive aromatic odor. Leaves bright green; sheathing base 2-facial (proximal part of leaf); distal part of leaf 1-facial, flattened in median rather than transverse plane; prominent veins 1--6, parallel along length of leaf. Inflorescences solitary. Flowers: tepals light brown; anthers yellow, introrse; ovariesy green. Fruits light brown to reddish with darker streaks. Seeds embedded in mucilage. x = 12.

  • Provided by: [B].Flora of North America @ efloras.org
      • Source: [
    • 2
      • ]. 

    "Characters of the family. 2, the other Asian."

  • Provided by: [D].New York Botanical Garden
      • Source: [
    • 3
      • ]. 

    Literature

    SELECTED REFERENCES

    Motley, T. J. 1994. The ethnobotany of sweet flag, Acorus calamus (Araceae). Econ. Bot. 48: 397--412. Packer, J. G. and G. S. Ringius. 1984. The distribution and status of Acorus (Araceae) in Canada. Canad. J. Bot. 62: 2248--2252. Thompson, S. A. 1995. Systematics and Biology of the Araceae and Acoraceae of Temperate North America. Ph.D. dissertation. University of Illinois. Urbana-Champaign.

  • Provided by: [B].Flora of North America @ efloras.org
      • Source: [
    • 2
      • ]. 

    Included Species

    Other Local Names

    NameLanguageCountry
    Sweet-flag [Latin form of Greek akoron, presumably an ancient plant name]

      Bibliography

     Information From

    Acoraceae
    World Flora Online Data. 2017.
    • A CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).
    Flora of North America @ efloras.org
    http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1
    'Flora of North America @ eFloras (2008). Published on the Internet http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1 [accessed August 2016]' Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
    • B Flora of North America Association
    Flora Of CHina @ efloras.org
    http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=2
    'Flora of China @ eFloras (2008). Published on the Internet http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=2 [accessed August 2016]' Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
    • C Missouri Botanical Garden
    New York Botanical Garden
    Descriptions of plants should be attributed to the full citation for each individual article, chapter or book that is the source for each record, which should include the authors of original publication.
    • D Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
    World Flora Online consortium
    http://www.worldfloraonline.org/organisation/WFO
    World Flora Online Data. 2018.
    • E CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).