Family · Monocots
Acoraceae
Sweet flag
Single genus Acorus of aromatic rhizomatous wetland herbs, sister to all other monocots.
- Accepted species
- 5accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genus
- 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈30 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Temperatemost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Acorus calamus
- Acorus gramineus
Where it grows
- Asia-Temperate5
- Northern America1
- Asia-Tropical1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Acoraceae sits in the order Acorales.