Persicaria perfoliata

Persicaria perfoliata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Persicaria
Species:
P. perfoliata
Binomial name
Persicaria perfoliata
(L.) H.Gross[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Ampelygonum perfoliatum (L.) Roberty & Vautier
  • Fagopyrum perfoliatum (L.) Raf.
  • Polygonum perfoliatum L.
  • Tracaulon perfoliatum (L.) Greene
  • Truellum perfoliatum (L.) Soják

Persicaria perfoliata (basionym Polygonum perfoliatum[1]) is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family. Common names include mile-a-minute, devil's tail, giant climbing tearthumb,[2][3] and Asiatic tearthumb.[4] It is a trailing herbaceous annual vine with barbed stems and triangular leaves. It is native to most of temperate and tropical eastern Asia, occurring from eastern Russia and Japan in the north, and the range extending to the Philippines and India in the south.[5][6]

P. perfoliata is an aggressive, highly invasive weed.[3] In Europe, Persicaria perfoliata is included since 2016 in the list of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern (the Union list).[7] This implies that this species cannot be imported, cultivated, transported, commercialized, planted, or intentionally released into the environment in the whole of the European Union.[8]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference POWO_695101-1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Flora of North America, Persicaria perfoliata (Linnaeus) H. Gross, 1919. Devil's-tail or giant climbing tearthumb, mile-a-minute weed
  3. ^ a b "Persicaria perfoliata ("mile-a-minute" weed)". CABI. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  4. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Polygonum perfoliatum​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Persicaria perfoliata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  6. ^ Flora of China, Polygonum perfoliatum Linnaeus, 1759. 杠板归 gang ban gui
  7. ^ "List of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern - Environment - European Commission". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  8. ^ "REGULATION (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European parliament and of the council of 22 October 2014 on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species".