Primitive vessels are present in the roots and rhizomes. The roots have large schizogenous intercellular spaces in the cortex. Idioblastic oil cells are present in the root cortex. [portal.cybertaxonomy.org]

New information on the biology of Peltandra is presented, including controlled pollination experiments involving P. virginica. [ideals.illinois.edu]

Leaves distichous, bases overlapping, unifacial, ensiform, not differentiated into petiole and blade; intravaginal squamules present in leaf axils; venation parallel. [efloras.org]

General Information Perennial herbs, glabrous, aromatic, growing in marshes or as emergent aquatics; laticifers and raphides absent; aerenchyma present. [worldfloraonline.org]

• Chills

  Further use mainly of the rhizomes are for treatments of neurasthenia, chronic bronchitis, diarrhoea, abdominal distension, chills, colds, externally for abscesses, liver disturbance, antiulcer remedy, kidney and stomach as well as gut diseases; these [portal.cybertaxonomy.org]

• Hunting

  € 70 William Woodville is noted for his early advocacy of the theory of vaccination and for these excellent volumes on Medical Botany (Hunt). [meemelink.com]

• Epilepsy

  Acorus Calamus is known as a sedative, used in mixtures to aid in mental hysterics: epilepsy, anxiety, over-stimulation. Massaging Calamus oil around the lymph nodes will stimulate drainage. [florawww.eeb.uconn.edu]

• Hoarseness

  Uses: Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, insomnia, insanity, other mental diseases, epilepsy, mania, stomatitis, hoarseness of voice, colic, flatulence, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, neuropathy, renal calculi, cough, inflammation, arthritis, kidney diseases [florawww.eeb.uconn.edu]

• Dry Cough

  Making a decoction of the leaves and drinking it, will ease dry coughing, asthma, bronchitis, and fever. It is known as a bronchodilator, therefore circulates more oxygen to the brain & reduces toxins from the brain. An infusion treats cholic. [florawww.eeb.uconn.edu]

• Abdominal Distension

  Further use mainly of the rhizomes are for treatments of neurasthenia, chronic bronchitis, diarrhoea, abdominal distension, chills, colds, externally for abscesses, liver disturbance, antiulcer remedy, kidney and stomach as well as gut diseases; these [portal.cybertaxonomy.org]

• Constipation

  Rhizome is widely used as brain tonic to improve memory and speech, relieves digestive disorders and constipation. Used as analgesic for tooth ache and oral hygiene. [flickr.com]

• Arthritis

  Treats arthritis, sinus headaches, increases endurance and improves muscle tissue. IMPORTANT NOTE: Plant Uses are for informational purposes only. [florawww.eeb.uconn.edu]

• Ulcer

  Pollen grains aperturate; 1 aperturate; sulcate (to sub-ulcerate); 2-celled. Gynoecium (2–)3(–4) carpelled. [delta-intkey.com]

• Skin Disease

  hemorrhoids, skin diseases and general debility. 3 Useful part: Underground rhizomes. [florawww.eeb.uconn.edu]

• Suggestibility

  My results suggest that A. calamus populations in southeast Ohio are primarily clonal in nature. [agris.fao.org]

  It has long been noted that many of the distinctive features of monocots perhaps suggest an origin from aquatic or hydrophilous ancestors (e.g. Henslow 1893 and references: the style of comparison and suggested mechanisms are interesting!). [mobot.org]

  Back to list of families Suggested citation: Kirkbride, J.H., Jr., C.R. Gunn, and M.J. Dallwitz. 2006. Family Guide for Fruits and Seeds, vers. 1.0. URL: http://nt.ars-grin.gov/SeedsFruits/keys/frsdfam/Index.cfm. Accessed August 5, 2019. [nt.ars-grin.gov]

  A plant from Borneo (Sarawak) has been shown to have 2n = 44 chromosomes (c. 44, certainly tetraploid, unpublished count); pollen of some specimens from New Guinea was studied and turned out to be sterile, suggesting that these plants were triploid and [portal.cybertaxonomy.org]

• Frigidity

  Frigid zone, temperate, and sub-tropical. Celebes and New Guinea, Eastern Asia to Norway approaching the Arctic circle, central and western North America. 2n=24. Supposed basic chromosome number of family: 12. Ploidy levels recorded: 2 and 3. [b-and-t-world-seeds.com]

  Frigid zone, temperate, and sub-tropical. Celebes and New Guinea, Eastern Asia to Norway approaching the Arctic circle, central and western North America. 2 n =24. Supposed basic chromosome number of family: 12. Ploidy levels recorded: 2 and 3. [delta-intkey.com]

  Frigid zone, temperate, and sub-tropical. Celebes and New Guinea, Eastern Asia to Norway approaching the Arctic circle, central and western North America. 2 n =24. Supposed basic chromosome number of family 12. Ploidy levels recorded 2 and 3. [www1.biologie.uni-hamburg.de]

• Euphoria

  Imagine my euphoria when all the plants I had seen as a child were laying there in front of me as specimens with names on them!!. My desire to see and study new plants led me to botanize in more than 40 states from coast to coast. [nybgpress.org]

• Delusion

  Delusion: small, gigantic. Body Female: < menopause. [qjure.com]

• Dysmenorrhea

  Uses: Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, insomnia, insanity, other mental diseases, epilepsy, mania, stomatitis, hoarseness of voice, colic, flatulence, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, neuropathy, renal calculi, cough, inflammation, arthritis, kidney diseases [florawww.eeb.uconn.edu]

• Amenorrhea

  Uses: Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, insomnia, insanity, other mental diseases, epilepsy, mania, stomatitis, hoarseness of voice, colic, flatulence, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, neuropathy, renal calculi, cough, inflammation, arthritis, kidney diseases [florawww.eeb.uconn.edu]

• Insomnia

  Uses: Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, insomnia, insanity, other mental diseases, epilepsy, mania, stomatitis, hoarseness of voice, colic, flatulence, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, neuropathy, renal calculi, cough, inflammation, arthritis, kidney diseases [florawww.eeb.uconn.edu]

• Sinus Headache

  Treats arthritis, sinus headaches, increases endurance and improves muscle tissue. IMPORTANT NOTE: Plant Uses are for informational purposes only. [florawww.eeb.uconn.edu]

• Headache

  Treats arthritis, sinus headaches, increases endurance and improves muscle tissue. IMPORTANT NOTE: Plant Uses are for informational purposes only. [florawww.eeb.uconn.edu]

As family treatments are completed for the New Manual, these are being made available as downloadable PDFs. [nybgpress.org]

Acorus historically was recognized as an aberrant genus within Araceae, but much evidence supports its treatment as a separate family and the removal of this family from Arales (M. H. Grayum 1987). [efloras.org]

[…] monocots (Liliopsida; Equisetopsida, Magnoliidae, Lilianae), which covers species occurring on host plants belonging to families arranged in alphabetical order from Acoraceae to Xyridaceae, excluding Poaceae (cereals and grasses) which requires a separate treatment [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]