Taxon: Acorus americanus (Raf.) Raf.

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• belle-angélique   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory [s.w.]; United States - Alaska [s.e.]
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland [s.w.], Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta [s.], British Columbia [s.], Manitoba [s.], Saskatchewan
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana [n.], Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio [n.], Pennsylvania [n.], Rhode Island, Vermont
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [n.], Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska [e.], North Dakota [e. & n.], South Dakota [e.], Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho [n.], Montana [n.w.], Washington [n.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - District of Columbia, Virginia [n.]

References:

• Crow, G. E. & C. B. Hellquist. 2000. Aquatic and wetland plants of northeastern North America, 2 vol.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2002. World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae). [= A. calamus var. americanus Raf.].
• Wetter, M. A. et al. WISFLORA: Wisconsin vascular plant species (on-line resource).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Acorus americanus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Acorus americanus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Acorus americanus.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Acorus calamus var. americanus Raf. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Acorus americanus (Raf.) Raf.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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