Acoraceae
Acorus

Acorus verus (L.) Raf.

First published in Med. Fl. 1: 26 (1828)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Asia to Russian Far East and Japan. It is a rhizomatous geophyte or helophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Amur, China North-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Primorye, Qinghai, Sakhalin, Tibet, Xinjiang

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2024). https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.13173. epublication.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Acorus calamus var. calamus.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Acorus calamus var. calamus.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2024). https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.13173. epublication.
  • (2024). https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13141978. epublication.
  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Nooteboom, H.P. (ed.) (2011). Flora Malesiana 20: 1-61. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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