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Acorus Linn., Sp. Pl. 324. 1753. Gen. Pl. ed. 5:151. 1754; Boiss., Fl. Or. 5:44. 1884; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 555. 1893; Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 210. 1914; Kuzeneva in Komarov, Fl. URSS. 3:478. 1935; Mitra, Flow. Pl. E. India, 1:72. 1958.
Marshy plants with stout rootstocks. Leaves not differentiated into petiole and blade, lateral basal nerves reticulate. Spadix cylindric, laterally placed, densely flowered, not enclosed in the spathe; flowers bisexual. Tepals 6, orbiculate, curved. Filaments linear, flat, anthers extrorse. Ovary conical, ovules many, pendulous. Seeds oblong,
A genus of 2 species, N. temperate and subtropical. Represented in Pakistan by 1 species.
Lower Taxon
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