Acorales is an order of monocot flowering plants containing a single family, Acoraceae, and a single genus, Acorus, whose common names include calamus and sweet flag. Molecular phylogenetic research places Acorus as sister to all other monocots, making Acorales the oldest surviving lineage within the monocots, a position that led to its separation from the family Araceae, where it was historically classified.
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This genus was once placed within the family Araceae (aroids), but more recent classifications place it in its own family Acoraceae and order Acorales, of which it is the sole genus of the oldest surviving line of monocots.
In Group: Monocot Orders, Lead
Acorus is a genus of monocot flowering plants.
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