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096.0000 Family Acoraceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 6 (1820)
1 genus, 2-3 spp.
Species listed in database: 5
= Acoreae T.Nees & C.H.Eberm.; Handb. Med. Pharm. Bot. [Esenbeck & Heinrich] 1: 105 (1830)
096.0001 Genus Acorus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 324 (1753)
Distribution: Temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere, montane tropical Asia. Phylogeny and species circumscription: Sokoloff et al. (2024)
Species listed in database: 5

Search for: Acorus calamus-var.-calamus

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species :
Acorus americanus (Raf.) Raf.; New Fl. [Rafinesque] 1: 57 (1836)
subspecies :
subsp. americanus
Name: Sweetflag
Distribution: Alaska; Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Northern Territories, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Québec, Saskatchewan); USA (Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Vermont, Washington State, Wisconsin)
70 ASK CDN 71 CDN 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 78 USA
Remarks: diploid (2n = 24)
Synonyms: hidden
= Acorus calamus var. americanus Raf.; Med. Fl. 1: 25 (1828), nom. cons.
subspecies :
subsp. triqueter (Turcz. ex Schott) D.D.Sokoloff, M.V.Remizowa & Sennikov; Taxon 73(3): 742 (2024)
Distribution: Siberia (Altay, Buryatia, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tuva, Yakutia, Zabaykalsky Krai); Russian Far East (Amur, Kamchatka, Primorye); Mongolia; China (Nei Mongol)
30 SIB 31 RFE 36 CHI 37 MON
Remarks: diploid (2n = 24)
Synonyms: hidden
= Acorus triqueter Turcz. ex Schott; Prodr. Syst. Aroid. 578 (1860)
species :
Acorus calamus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 324 (1753)
Name: Kalmus (DE), Sweet-flag (EN)
Distribution: England [I] (England [I], Wales [I], Scotland [I]); Ireland [I] (Ireland [I], Northern Ireland [I]); Denmark [I]; Norway [I]; Sweden [I]; Finland [I]; Netherlands [I]; Belgium [I]; Luxembourg [I]; Germany [I]; Switzerland [I]; Austria [I]; Poland [I]; Czech Republic [I]; Slovakia [I]; Hungary [I]; France [I]; Channel Isl. [I]; Italy [I]; Slovenia [I]; Croatia [I]; Bosnia & Hercegovina [I]; Serbia [I]; Kosovo [I]; Romania [I]; Bulgaria [I]; Estonia [I]; Latvia [I]; Lithuania [I]; Belarus [I]; European Russia [I]; Ukraine [I]; South Africa [I]; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Turkey [I] (W-Anatolia [I]); Siberia [I]; Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan [I]; Kyrgyzstan [I]; Northern Caucasus [I]; Georgia [Caucasus] [I]; Armenia [I]; Azerbaijan [I]; China [I] (widespread); Tibet [I]; North Korea [I]; South Korea [I]; Japan [I] (Hokkaido [I], Honshu [I], Shikoku [I], Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl. [I]; Taiwan [I]; Pakistan [I]; W-Nepal [I]; Bhutan [I]; India [I] (almost throughout); Sri Lanka [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Myanmar [I]; Laos [I]; Cambodia [I]; Sumatra [I]; Borneo [I]; Sulawesi [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I] (Bali [I], Lombok [I], Flores [I], Timor [I]); Canada [I] (Manitoba [I], New Brunswick [I], Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I], Prince Edward Isl. [I], Québec [I]); USA [I] (Alabama [I], Arkansas [I], California [I], Colorado [I], Connecticut [I], District of Columbia [I], Delaware [I], Georgia [I], Iowa [I], Illinois [I], Indiana [I], Kansas [I], Kentucky [I], Louisiana [I], Massachusetts [I], Maryland [I], Maine [I], Michigan [I], Minnesota [I], Missouri [I], Mississippi [I], North Carolina [I], Nebraska [I], New Hampshire [I], New Jersey [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Oklahoma [I], Oregon [I], Pennsylvania [I], Rhode Island [I], South Carolina [I], South Dakota [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I], Virginia [I], Vermont [I], Washington State [I], Wisconsin [I], West Virginia [I])
10 den fin grb ire nor swe 11 aut bgm cze ger hun lux net pol slo swi 12 cis fra 13 bih bul cro ita kos rom slv srb 14 blr est lat lit rus ukr 27 saf 29 mau reu 30 sib 32 KAZ kgz uzb 33 arm aze geo ncs 34 tur 36 chi tib 38 jap kor nko nns tai 40 ban bhu ind nep pak srl 41 cbd lao mya 42 bor jaw lsi phi sul sum 71 cdn 72 cdn 73 usa 74 usa 75 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa
Remarks: A sterile triploid (2n = 36) derived from A. americanus and A. verus, widely cultivated as fragrance plant [but toxic]. Native area likely Kazakhstan. The listed distribution in E-Asia is probably too extensive
Synonyms: hidden
= Acorus angustatus Raf.; Autik. Bot. 196 (1840)
= Acorus angustifolius Schott; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 284 (1851)
= Acorus aromaticus Gilib.; Exerc. Phyt. 2: 507 (1792)
= Acorus asiaticus Nakai; Rep. Exped. Manchoukuo, Sect. IV, 4 (Index Fl. Jehol.) 105 (1936)
= Acorus belangeri Schott; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 284 (1841)
= Acorus brevispathus K.M.Liu
= Acorus calamus f. submersus Glück; Biol. Morphol. Untersuch. Wasser- Sumpfgewächse 3: 10 (1911)
= Acorus calamus subsp. vulgaris Ehrh.; Hannover. Mag. 18: 220 (1780), nom. inval.
= Acorus calamus var. angustatus Besser; Flora 17(Beibl.): 30 (1834)
= Acorus calamus var. angustifolius (Schott) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 2: 217 (1879)
= Acorus calamus var. angustifolius Zapał.; Rozpr. Wydz. Mat.-Przyr. Akad. Umiejetn., Dzial B, Nauki Biol., Ser. 3, 6B(46B): 253 (1906)
= Acorus calamus var. vulgaris L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 324 (1753), nom. inval.
= Acorus calamus-aromaticus Clairv.; Man. Herbor. Suisse 104 (1811)
= Acorus casia Bertol.; Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna, Ser. 2, 4: 810 (1864)
= Acorus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Schott; Melet. Bot. [Schott & Endlicher] 1: 22 (1832)
= Acorus commersonii Schott; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 284 (1864)
= Acorus elatus Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 263 (1796)
= Acorus europaeus Dumort.; Fl. Belg. [Dumortier] 162 (1827)
= Acorus flexuosus Raf.; Atlantic J. 178 (1833)
= Acorus latifolius Z.Y.Zhu; Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 5(2): 118 (1985)
= Acorus odoratus Lam.; Fl. Franç. [Lamarck] 3: 299 (1779)
= Acorus rumphianus S.Y.Hu; Dansk Bot. Ark. 23: 416 (1968)
= Acorus terrestris Rumph. ex Schott; Prodr. Syst. Aroid. 579 (1860)
= Acorus terrestris Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 118 (1825)
= Acorus undulatus Stokes; Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 282 (1812)
= Calamus aromaticus Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 4: 13 (1852)
= Orontium cochinchinense Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 208 (1790)
species :
Acorus gramineus Sol.in Aiton; Hort. Kew. [W.Aiton] 1: 474 (1789)
Distribution: China (Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; South Korea; Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; India (Sikkim, Meghalaya); Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; N-Vietnam; Philippines (Luzon)
36 CHI TIB 38 JAP KOR NNS TAI 40 BAN IND 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Acorus gramineus var. crassispadix Lingelsh.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 12: 312 (1922)
= Acorus gramineus var. japonicus M.Hotta; Mem. Fac. Sci. Kyoto Univ., Ser. Biol. 4: ? (1970)
= Acorus gramineus var. flavomarginatus K.M.Liu
= Acorus gramineus var. macrospadiceus Yamam.
= Acorus gramineus var. pusillus (Siebold) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 2: 218 (1879)
= Acorus humilis Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 263 (1796)
= Acorus macrospadiceus (Yamam.) F.N.Wei & Y.K.Li; Guihaia 5(3): 179 (1985)
= Acorus pusillus Siebold; Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 12: 2 (1830)
= Acorus xiangyeus Z.Y.Zhu; Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 5(2): 119 (1985)
species :
Acorus shannai C.L.Long & Z.Cheng; PhytoKeys 251: 179 (2025)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou)
36 CHI
species :
Acorus verus (L.) Raf.; Med. Fl. 1: 26 (1828)
Distribution: Russian Far East (Primorye, Sakhalin); China (Beijing, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shanghai); Tibet; Japan; North Korea; South Korea; Taiwan [I]; Bhutan [I]; India [I]; Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives] [I]; Maldives [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Myanmar [I]; Thailand [I]; Vietnam [I]; Sulawesi [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I]
31 RFE 36 CHI TIB 38 JAP KOR NKO tai 40 ban bhu ind ldv mdv srl 41 mya tha vie 42 jaw lsi sul
Remarks: tetraploid (2n = 48)
Synonyms: hidden
= Acorus calamus var. angustatus Engl.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.23B, Heft 21 (Arac.-Pothoideae): 312 (1905)
= Acorus calamus var. belangeri (Schott) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 2: 217 (1879)
= Acorus calamus var. spurius (Schott) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 2: 217 (1879)
= Acorus calamus var. verus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 324 (1753)
= Acorus calamus var. verus Merrem; Handb. Pflanzenk. [Merrem] 160 (1809), nom. illeg.
= Acorus commutatus Schott; Prodr. Syst. Aroid. 578 (1860)
= Acorus griffithii Schott; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 351 (1858)
= Acorus nilaghirensis Schott; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 101 (1859)
= Acorus spurius Schott; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 284 (1863)
= Acorus tatarinowii Schott; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 101 (1859)
= Acorus verus Garsault; Fig. Pl. Med., t. 1 a (1764)
= Acorus verus Houtt.; Nat. Hist. [Houttuyn] 2, 8: 379 (1777)
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