Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Acorales > Family Acoraceae > Genus Acorus

Acorus calamus L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AcorusL.accepted genus name
Calamus Gersault heterotypic synonym

Species group names

Calamus aromaticus Garsault homotypic synonym; nom. inval.

Children

Acorus calamus L. var. calamus

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bulgarian: Блатен аир sources: Bulgarian PESI focal point
 Catalan: càlam sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Dutch: Kalmoes sources: Dutch Species Register
 English: Sweet flag sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 English-United States: Sweet flag; Sweet-flag sources: Charles Hussey
 Euskera: lasturrin; lasturrina; leringoria; lirin-gorri sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Galician: Feileastram cumhra
 Georgian: კოთხუჯი sources: Georgia PESI focal point
 Irish: Feileastram cumhra sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 Norwegian Bokmål: kalmusrot
 Norwegian Nynorsk: kalmusrot
 Portuguese: acoro; acôro; ácoro-cheiroso; ácoro-verdadeiro; calamo aromático; cálamo-aromático; cana-cheirosa; cana-de-cheiro sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Spanish, Castillian: ácoro; acoro verdadero; ácoro verdadero; acoro vulgar; cálamo acuático; cálamo aromático; lirio tortuoso sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Swedish: kalmus
 Welsh: gellesgen bêr

Literature

nomenclatural reference

Nyman], Sp. Pl. 1753.

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World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Acorus calamus L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=2E154CF1-40B8-4AC0-90B4-8AEF63E0D336

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