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Acorus calamus

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q158008
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Summary

Acorus calamus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,309 views/month, #1,252 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Acorus[5]
  • Taxon name: Acorus calamus[6]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[7], perennial plant[8], herbaceous plant[9]
  • Has use: food[10], fiber[11], fodder[12], medicinal plant[13], ornamental plant[14], pesticide[15], religious culture[16], sacrifice ritual[17], drink[18], insecticide[19], 香精[20], psychoactive drug[21], spice[22]
  • Commons category: Acorus calamus[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Acorus calamus[24]
  • Commons gallery: Acorus calamus[25]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[26]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Encyclopedic Lexicon[29], Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[30], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(2)[31], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[32], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[33], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[34]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=1358[35]
  • This taxon is source of: Calamus Oil[36]
  • Short name: A. calamus[37]
  • Taxon common name: Kalmus[38], calamus[39], Jeureunggèë[40], Bēowyrt[41], وج[42], Bataqlıq kəcəvəri[43], Ajers[44], Аер[45], Аер звычайны[46], Аир блатен[47], Блатен аир[48], Jariangau[49], বচ[50], Càlam[51]

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Identifiers

Acorus calamus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4465[52]. Acorus calamus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1123481[53]. Acorus calamus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2873769[54]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 564989[55] and 42523[56].

Why It Matters

Acorus calamus has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 135 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

Related Entities

Beijing Myanmar People's Republic of China Tianjin

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A plant species list dataset for urban area of Beijing, China 2007 – 2020. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Species cataloging of vascular plants in Ningxia, northwestern China. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . w3id.org. Retrieved . w3id.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [52] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [55] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [53] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [54] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [35] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [38] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [39] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  43. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 564989, 42523
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