Acoraceae

Acorus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 324 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Asia to Indo-China and Philippines, Subarctic America to N. U.S.A.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Bangladesh, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, District of Columbia, East Himalaya, Hainan, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Laos, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Tuva, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yukon

Extinct in:

North Dakota

Introduced into:

Alabama, Albania, Andaman Is., Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Borneo, Bulgaria, California, Cape Provinces, Central European Russia, Colorado, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Free State, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Jawa, Kentucky, Kirgizstan, Krym, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Malaya, Maldives, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nepal, Netherlands, New Guinea, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Oklahoma, Oregon, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Sicilia, South Carolina, South European Russia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Virginia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
K:SPC-62940.000 No
Taam, Y.W. [512] China K002467063 Yes
Amdjah [s.n.] K002467133 Yes
Musser, G.G. [M16] Indonesia Calamus K001604649 Yes
Sukadana, I.W. [IWS 012] Indonesia Calamus K001193227 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0