Acorus

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Acorus - sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae

genus Acorus

liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed

Araceae, arum family, family Araceae - anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron

flagroot, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag, Acorus calamus, calamus - perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots

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In total 17 orders (Acorales, Arecales, Buxales, Celastrales, Ceratophyllales, Crossosomatales, Dilleniales, Escalloniales, Garryales, Gunnerales, Huerteales, Paracryphiales, Petrosaviales, Picramniales, Santalales, Trochodendrales, Zygophyllales) remain blank spots on the angiosperm orbicule-map because no data on orbicules is available (Fig.

Orbicules in flowering plants: a phylogenetic perspective on their form and function

In Acorus (Acoraceae, Acorales), the putative sister to all other monocots, the perianth is more developed abaxially than adaxially (Buzgo & Endress, 2000).

The immense diversity of floral monosymmetry and asymmetry across angiosperms

After Acorales (= the genus Acorus),which is the sister to the remaining monocots and is discussed separately below, the next node leads to Alismatales.