Acorus gramineus, 040250405--China. Hubei. Wuhan Botanical Garden. 16 Apr 07. 202.jpg
Native to Bangladesh, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Primorye, Qinghai, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, Xinjiang; introduced into Great Britain, Virginia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
China, Hubei (Wuhan Botanical Garden)
Location Remarks
Moshan, Wuchang, City of Wuhan
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
China, Yunnan, Malipo Xian. (Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Malipo County)
22.942222, 104.594444
Location Remarks
Wenshan Zhuangzu-Miaozu-Zizhizhou. Southwest of the city of Malipo and almost exactly midway in a straight line between Nanwenhe-Xiang and Dulong-zhen, near Baishapo, along a tributary of the Tanshan-he (Tanshan River); ca. 10.4 km north of the border with Vietnam. Mixed broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest with Lauraceae and Fagaceae dominant, with several species of Acer and shrubby understory with abundant colonies of Alpinia. 1250-1350 m.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Han Huang, Zhuo Zhou
Notes
On rocks in dry stream bed adjacent to main stream. Mat forming on rocks; roots tightly adhering to substrate; infructescences green. Larger than Acorus gramineus number 44114 in the same stream.
Location
China, Zhejiang, Hangzhou (Lin'an, Lin'an District)
30.323917, 119.448611
Location Remarks
TianMu Shan National Nature Reserve. West TianMuShan. ZhaoXiXiang, NingAn City. Roadside and trail through deciduous forest just north of Fu Yu Resort. 379 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Fu Cheng Xin, Qiuyun (Jenny) Xiang, Sharon R. Christoph, David E. Boufford
Notes
Rooted in mud around a rock in the stream.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Acorales
Family
Acoraceae
Genus
Acorus
Specific Epithet
gramineus
Authorship
Aiton
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 35.8
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
2.1
Global rank
#14,248 of 335,497
Top 5%
Extinction probability
6%
