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Acorus
Sign in to saveAcorus is a genus of monocot flowering plants. This genus was once placed within the family Araceae (aroids), but more recent classifications place it in its own family Acoraceae and order Acorales, of which it is the sole genus of the oldest surviving line of monocots. Some older studies indicated that it was placed in a lineage (the order Alismatales), that also includes aroids (Araceae), Tofieldiaceae, and several families of aquatic monocots (e.g., Alismataceae, Posidoniaceae). However, modern phylogenetic studies demonstrate that Acorus is sister to all other monocots. Common names includ
Species
Acorus
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAcorales
- FamilyAcoraceae
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Research
850 papers- Acorus tatarinowii Schott: A Review of Its Botany, Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
- Acorus calamus var. angustatus Besser: Insight into current research on ethnopharmacological use, phytochemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, and pharmacokinetics.Phytochemistry · 2023
- Therapeutic mechanisms of Acorus tatarinowii and its bioactive compounds in cardiovascular diseases: A comprehensive review.Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2025
- Acorus calamus: a bio-reserve of medicinal values.Journal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology · 2018
- Ethnic, Botanic, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of the Acorus L. Genus: A Review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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Acorus is a genus of monocot flowering plants. This genus was once placed within the family Araceae (aroids), but more recent classifications place it in its own family Acoraceae and order Acorales, of which it is the sole genus of the oldest surviving line of monocots. Some older studies indicated that it was placed in a lineage (the order Alismatales), that also includes aroids (Araceae), Tofieldiaceae, and several families of aquatic monocots (e.g., Alismataceae, Posidoniaceae). However, modern phylogenetic studies demonstrate that Acorus is sister to all other monocots. Common names include calamus and sweet flag.
The genus is native to North America and northern and eastern Asia, and naturalised in southern Asia and Europe from ancient cultivation. The known wild populations are diploid except for some tetraploids in eastern Asia, while the cultivated plants are sterile triploids, probably of hybrid origin between the diploid and tetraploid forms.