Acoraceae
Acorus

Acorus calamus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 324 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Asia, N. America. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Connecticut, District of Columbia, East Himalaya, Hainan, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Irkutsk, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Maine, Malaya, Maldives, Manchuria, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Tibet, Tuva, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya

Extinct in:

North Dakota

Introduced into:

Alabama, Albania, Andaman Is., Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, California, Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Free State, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kentucky, Krym, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Netherlands, New Guinea, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Oklahoma, Oregon, Poland, Romania, Sicilia, South Carolina, South European Russi, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Virginia, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Boborov, A.A. & al. (2014). Notes on aquatic and semiaquatic vascular plants of Kamchatka. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 99: 1025-1043.
  • 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.
  • Chadde, S.W. (2019). Wisconsin Flora ed. 2: 1-818. Steve W. Chadde.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Charkevicz, S.S. (ed.) (1996). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 8: 1-382. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Delipavlov, D. & Cheshmedzhiev, I. (eds.) (2011). Opredelitel na rasteniiata v Bulgariia: 1-590. Akad. Isd. Agrar. Univers. Plovdiv.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • 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.
  • Güner, A. (ed.) (2018). Resimli Türkiye Florası (Illustrated Flora of Turkey) 2: 1-1054. ANG Vakfı. Nezahat Gökyi˘git Botanik Bahçesi, Istambul.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1-166.
  • Marhold, K. (ed.) (2013). IAPT/IOPB chromosome data 16. Taxon 62: 1355-1360.
  • Mehboob-ur-Rahman (2012). Wild plants of Swat, Pakistan 1: 1-281. Department of botany, govt. Jehanzeb post graduate college.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Nooteboom, H.P. (ed.) (2011). Flora Malesiana 20: 1-61. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2005). The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004. Makinoa 5: 1-102.
  • Verloove, F. (2019). Manual of the alien plants of Belgium http://alienplantsbelgium.be/.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 6: 1-619. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boborov, A.A. & al. (2014). Notes on aquatic and semiaquatic vascular plants of Kamchatka. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 99: 1025-1043.
  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Güner, A. (ed.) (2018). Resimli Türkiye Florası (Illustrated Flora of Turkey) 2: 1-1054. ANG Vakfı. Nezahat Gökyi˘git Botanik Bahçesi, Istambul.
  • Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1-166.
  • Mehboob-ur-Rahman (2012). Wild plants of Swat, Pakistan 1: 1-281. Department of botany, govt. Jehanzeb post graduate college.
  • Nooteboom, H.P. (ed.) (2011). Flora Malesiana 20: 1-61. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2005). The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004. Makinoa 5: 1-102.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 26, 2023 Christenhusz, M.J.M. [MC9652] United Kingdom K001527279 No
Sep 30, 1991 Griffith, W. [519] Bhutan K000883697 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1935 Knowles, E.G. [s.n.] Canada K001790200 Yes
Jan 1, 1935 Knowles, E.G. [s.n.] Canada K002467143 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002466863 Yes
K:SPC-70000.592 No
Bogner [2098] Canada K:SPC-57606.000 No
Debeam, O. [s.n.] K002466945 Yes
Chung, H.H. [3014] China K002466949 Yes
Collett, R. [s.n.] K002466902 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002466860 Yes
Duaneh, J. [169] Malaysia K002467127 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Netherlands K002466907 Yes
Licent, A.E. [1473] China K002466948 Yes
Purdom, W. [1107] China K002466942 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5196] K001120090 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.n. [s.n.] K002466932 Yes
Griffith, W. [2626] Bhutan K000883788 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Kuhnert] [s.n.] K002466924 Yes
Haines, H.H. [2300] India K002467076 Yes
Makins, F.K. [1926] United Kingdom K002466887 Yes
[Bourne] [[1880]] British Indian Ocean Territory K002467094 Yes
Haines, H.H. [2300] India K002467077 Yes
D'Urban, W.S.M. [1673] United Kingdom K002466867 Yes
Wilson, W. [s.coll] United Kingdom K002466861 No
Turrill, W.B. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002466856 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002466868 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [6569] K002466893 Yes
K:SPC-29047.076 No
Haines, H.H. [2300] India K002467075 Yes
Fraser, G.T. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002466857 Yes
Slock, D. [1673] United Kingdom K000630041 Yes
Bedi, R. [291] Bhutan K002467068 Yes
Forrest, G. [8197] K002466953 Yes
Nuttall [s.n] United Kingdom K001613233 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002466871 Yes
Barnes, E. [s.n.] India K002467092 Yes
Komaròv, V. [330] China K002466931 Yes
Cope, T.A. [RBG 436] United Kingdom K000914486 Yes
{Rev. Père Faurie} [10229] Japan K002466935 Yes
Day, R. [1210] United Kingdom K002466858 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5196] K001120091 Unknown Type Material Yes
Liu, J.C. [L468] China K002466934 Yes
[Aus] [s.n.] Sweden K002466901 Yes
Tsu, L.F. [s.n.] China K002466947 Yes
Mitchell, J. [1143] United Kingdom K002466865 Yes
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] K002466903 Yes
s.coll. [1628] India K002467090 Yes
Last, G.V.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002466883 Yes
Matthew, K.M.; Mathew, K.T. [50024] India K002467079 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002466859 Yes
Nicolson, D.H. [1537] Papua New Guinea K002467136 Yes
[Dr. Wallich] [s.n.] Nepal K002467096 Yes
[Salop] [97] K002466854 Yes
{Boullu, A.; Soe. Dauphinoise;Willmott, E.A.} [2265] France K002466915 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [26623] India K002467078 Yes
Lowne, B.T. [76] United Kingdom K002466884 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002466929 Yes
Wacoerohott [s.n.] United Kingdom K002466882 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002466916 Yes
Jordan, A. [s.n.] France K002466912 Yes
Bourne [s.n.] British Indian Ocean Territory K002467093 Yes
Chow, E. [1747] China K002466954 Yes
Maillard, A. [s.n.] France K002466913 Yes
Jones, B. [28] Malaysia K002467131 Yes
Favrat, L.; Barbey, W. [s.n.] K002466897 Yes
s.coll. [279] Korea, South K002466943 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002466878 Yes
Forrest, G. [6668] China K002466952 Yes
Neyra, R. [2265] France K002466914 Yes
{Sauter} [s.n.] K002466917 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002466869 Yes
{Hussenot} [s.n.] K002466921 Yes
{Neyra, R.; Soe. Dauphinoise; Willmott, E.A.} [2265] France K002466911 Yes
Henry, A.; Ichang [4506] China K002466950 Yes
Sahni, B. [26] K002467088 Yes
Petrescu, C.; Godvinschi, M. [s.n.] Moldova K002466927 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [23647] India K002467091 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002466919 Yes
Keke [1049] Nepal K002467084 Yes
Britton, C.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002466880 Yes
Archer, S. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002466885 Yes
Salmenlinna, S. [s.n.] K002466899 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002466881 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002466918 Yes
Verheijen, J.A.J. [2223] Indonesia K002467132 Yes
Jenkins, F. [s.n.] India K002467074 Yes
[Graty] [s.n.] Austria K002466905 Yes
Womersley, J.S. [NGF 14295] Papua New Guinea K002467137 Yes
{Rev. Père Faurie } [841] Japan K002466937 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [26622] India K002467080 Yes
Maingay, A.C. [405] China K002466946 Yes
Britton, C.E. [1811] United Kingdom K002466879 Yes
Taquet [2147] China K002467066 Yes
Maack [s.n.] K002466926 Yes
[J. Samets] [852] United Kingdom K002466877 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [26622] India K002467081 Yes
Airbey, W. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002466886 Yes
Dybowska, A. [s.n.] Lithuania K002466904 Yes
Berks [s.n.] United Kingdom K002466866 Yes
s.coll. [3699] K002466923 Yes
s.coll. [5941] K002467100 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002466922 Yes
Pooma, R.; Phattarahirankanok; Sirimongkol, S.; Poopath, M. [4845] Thailand K002467102 Yes
Keke [1049] Nepal K002467067 Yes
Jersey [s.n.] K002466890 Yes
Reclaire, A. [s.n.] Netherlands K002466908 Yes
Walker [ANU 566] Papua New Guinea K002467135 Yes
{Maximowicz} [s.n.] Japan K002466938 Yes
Salmenlinna, S. [s.n.] K002466898 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002466870 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5196] Nepal K001120092 Unknown Type Material Yes
{Sauter} [s.n.] Austria K002466920 Yes
Kusnezow, I.W. [1965] K002466928 Yes
Mitchell, J. [1143] United Kingdom K002466864 Yes
Bulley, A.K. [2778] China K002466951 Yes
[A. W. B] [97] United Kingdom K002466872 Yes
Pin, I.C.; Rousillon, M. [s.n.] France K002466910 Yes
Lincent, A. [8415] China K002467065 Yes
Flenley, J.R. [ANU 2142] Papua New Guinea K002467138 Yes
Licent, A. [6504] China K002467064 Yes
J.D.H. [s.n.] K002467069 Yes
Barnes, E. [1629] India K:SPC-06913.000 No
Drummond, J.R. [2177] India K002467082 Yes
Bünnemejer [12658] K002467126 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002466925 Yes
[Savaleie] [4310] Belgium K002466909 Yes
Strasser [s.n.] Austria K002466906 Yes
R.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002466875 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [6569] K002466892 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [10396] Singapore K002467101 Yes
[W. M. Campbell] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002466891 Yes
Moi, W. [182] Papua New Guinea K002467139 Yes
Chung, H.H. [2781] China K002466944 Yes
s.coll. [1629] India K002467089 Yes
Lindsay, N. [1044] Iran K002466941 Yes
{George, R.; et al.} [S 57037] Malaysia K002467130 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002467070 Yes
Jenang, K. [S 58157] Malaysia K002467128 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002466873 Yes
Lloyd-Praeger, R. [s.n.] Ireland K002466888 Yes
Christensen, H.; Apu, F.L. [69] Malaysia K002467129 Yes
Brügger, C. [s.n.] K002466900 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002466930 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] British Indian Ocean Territory K002467095 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002466862 Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [s.n.] K002467071 Yes
Law, Y.W. [813] China K002466936 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [1579] K002466894 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [23542] K002467073 Yes
s.coll. [5941] K002467072 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [24870] K002467083 Yes
Snell, A.J. [s.n.] K002466895 Yes

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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

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