Acorus

Acorus calamus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acorales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Acorales

Familia: Acoraceae
Genus:
Species: A. calamus – A. gramineus

Name

Acorus L., Sp. Pl. 324 (1753).

  • Type species: Acorus calamus L., Sp. Pl. 324 (1753).

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Calamus Garsault, Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 40 (1764), opus utiq. oppr.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Asia-Temperate
    • Siberia
      • Altay, Buryatiya, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutskiya
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Is., Primorye, Sakhalin
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Uzbekistan
    • Caucasus
      • Chita
    • China
      • China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, Qinghai, Tibet, Xinjiang
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan, Korea, Taiwan
  • Asia-Tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laccadive Is., Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Philippines, Sulawesi
  • Northern America
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska, Northwest Territories
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Idaho, Montana, Washington
    • North-Central U.S.A.
      • Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Virginia, District of Columbia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Boyce, P.C., Sookchaloem, D., Hetterscheid, W.L.A., Gusman, G., Jacobsen, N., Idei, T. & Nguyen, V.D. 2012. Flora of Thailand 11(2): 101–325. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. 2002. World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae). 560 pp. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Acorus americanus as Acorus calamus var. americanus]
  • Flora of Taiwan, ed. 2. 5:665-667.2000.[1]

Vernacular names

  • azərbaycanca: Kəcəvər
  • беларуская: Аер
  • български: Аир
  • čeština: Puškvorec
  • Deutsch: Kalmus
  • English: Sweet Flag
  • eesti: Kalmus
  • فارسی: اکیر ترکی
  • suomi: Kalmojuuret
  • Nordfriisk: Kalmus
  • עברית: אקורוס
  • hornjoserbsce: Kalmus
  • հայերեն: Խնկեղեգ
  • italiano: Calamo
  • 日本語: ショウブ属
  • ქართული: კოთხუჯი
  • қазақша: Иір
  • 한국어: 창포속
  • македонски: Иѓирот
  • Nederlands: Kalmoes
  • русский: Аир
  • slovenčina: Puškvorec
  • српски / srpski: Шаш
  • Seeltersk: Karmswuttel
  • Sunda: Jaringao
  • svenska: Kalmusar
  • Tiếng Việt: Chi Xương bồ
  • 中文: 菖蒲属
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