Acoraceae
Acoraceae Martinov, Tekhno-Bot. Slovar : 6. 1820. 'Sweet Flag Family'
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:
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:
Acoraceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Acoraceae in Wikipedia
Systematic position of family in different systems of classification
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)
Class : Monocotyledons
Series : Nudiflorae*
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Alismatidae
Super Order: Acoranae
Order : Acorales
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Monocotyledoneae
Order : Spathiflorae
Hutchinson (1973)
Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum : Monocotyledones
Division : Corolliferae
Order : Arales*
Takhtajan (2009)
Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Liliopsida
Subclass : Alismatidae
Super Order : Aranae
Order : Arales
Reveal (2012)
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order : Lilianae
Order : Acorales
Cronquist (1988)
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Liliopsida
Subclass : Arecidae
Order : Arales
APG-IV (2016)
Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Monocots
Order : Acorales
Shipunov (2021)
Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Liliidae
Order : Alismatales
Suborder : Acorineae
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
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