Josef Bogner, Munich Botanical Garden, Munich, Germany
Published online: May 2011
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003701.pub2
The Acorales contains only one family, the Acoraceae, with only one genus, Acorus, with two species. The species Acorus calamus and Acorus gramineus are both medicinally and horticulturally of importance.
Keywords: Acoraceae; Acorus; mdicinal pants; ornamentals
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| Crepet WL (1978) Investigations of Angiosperms from the Eocene of North America: an aroid inflorescence. Review of Paleobotany and Palynology 25: 241–252. | |
| Further Reading | |
| book Bogner J and Mayo SJ (1998) "Acoraceae". In: Kubitzki (ed.) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol. 4, pp. 7–11. Berlin: Springer. | |
| book Budantsev LY and Golovneva LB (2009) Florulae fossilis arcticae II, Paleogene flora od Spitsbergen. Russian Academy of Sciences, Komarov Botanical Institute. ( St. Petersburg), pp. 178–179, t. 95, 1–3. (In Russian). | |
| book Engler A (1905) "Araceae – Pothoideae". In: Engler A (ed.) Das Pflanzenreich 4, vol. 23B, pp. 308–313. Leipzig: W Englemann. | |
| Grayum MH (1987) A summary of evidence and arguments supporting the removal of Acorus from the Araceae. Taxon 36: 723–729. | |
| book Mayo SJ, Bogner J and Boyce PC (1997) The Genera of Araceae. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. | |
| Petersen G (1989) Cytology and systematics of Araceae. Nordic Journal of Botany 9: 119–166. | |
| Web Link | |
| ePath Angiosperm Phylogeny Website—www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb | |
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