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Acorus (calamus)

Angiospermae - Araceae

Taxonomy
Acorus was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Acorus calamus.

It was assigned to Araceae by Knowlton (1919), Chauhan (1991).

Species
A. affinis, A. brachystachys, A. calamus (type species)
Entered
by B. Allen on 2022-01-06; modified by B. Allen on 2024-07-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Acorus Linnaeus
1919Acorus Knowlton
1991Acorus Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
RankNameAuthor
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—Monocots
familyAraceaede Jussieu 1789
genusAcorus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Acorus Linnaeus 1753 [calamus]
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†Acorus affinis Lesquereux 1873
†Acorus brachystachys Heer 1870
Acorus calamus Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) Acorus sp. (224613)