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Acoraceae Martinov, Tekhno-Bot. Slovar : 6. 1820. 'Sweet Flag Family'
Acoraceae Martinov, Tekhno-Bot. Slovar : 6. 1820. 'Sweet Flag Family'
Characteristic Features:
Characteristic Features:
Members are aromatic, rhizomatous, perennial herbs occurring in marshy habitats.
Leaves distichous, ensiform and unifacial
Inflorescence a spadix with spathe
Seeds perispermous, endospermous
Entire plants aromatic, lack raphide crystals
Diversity:
Diversity:
World- 1 genus, 2 species (The Plant List 2013; Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 1 genus, 2 species (Mabberley 2017); 1 genus, 2 species (CoL 2021)
India - 1 genus, 2 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 1 genus, 2 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 1 genus, 1 species (Uniyal et al. 2007)
Pantnagar - 1 genus, 1 species
General Characters:
General Characters:
Acoraceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Acoraceae in Wikipedia
Systematic position of family in different systems of classification
Systematic position of family in different systems of classification
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder-Lilianae, Order-Acorales
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Class : Monocotyledons
Series : Nudiflorae*
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Alismatidae
Super Order: Acoranae
Order : Acorales
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Monocotyledoneae
Order : Spathiflorae
Hutchinson (1973)
Hutchinson (1973)
Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum : Monocotyledones
Division : Corolliferae
Order : Arales*
Takhtajan (2009)
Takhtajan (2009)
Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Liliopsida
Subclass : Alismatidae
Super Order : Aranae
Order : Arales
Reveal (2012)
Reveal (2012)
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order : Lilianae
Order : Acorales
Cronquist (1988)
Cronquist (1988)
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Liliopsida
Subclass : Arecidae
Order : Arales
APG-IV (2016)
APG-IV (2016)
Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Monocots
Order : Acorales
Shipunov (2021)
Shipunov (2021)
Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Liliidae
Order : Alismatales
Suborder : Acorineae
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
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