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Acorus

Family Acoraceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Acorales
Family: Acoraceae
Genus: Acorus
Species

The Genus Acorus includes only two species: A. calamus (calamus or sweet flag) and A. gramineus (Japanese sweet flag or grassy-leaved sweet flag). This genus was once placed within the Family Araceae (arums), but is now placed in its own family, the Acoraceae.

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