Persicaria

Persicaria
Persicaria capitata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Subfamily: Polygonoideae
Genus: Persicaria
Mill. 1754
Species

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Synonyms[1]
List
    • Amblygonum Rchb.
    • Antenoron Raf.
    • Cephalophilon (Meisn.) Spach
    • Chylocalyx Hassk.
    • Echinocaulon (Meisn.) Spach
    • Echinocaulos Hassk.
    • Goniaticum Stokes
    • Heptarina Raf.
    • Lagunaea C.Agardh
    • Lagunea Lour.
    • Mitesia Raf.
    • Peutalis Raf.
    • Pogalis Raf.
    • Sunania Raf.
    • Tasoba Raf.
    • Tovara Adans.
    • Tracaulon Raf.
    • Truellum Houtt.
Illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu (1804)

Persicaria is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the knotweed family, Polygonaceae. Plants of the genus are known commonly as knotweeds[2]: 436  or smartweeds.[3] It has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring nearly worldwide.[3][4] The genus was segregated from Polygonum.[5]

  1. ^ "Persicaria Mill". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. ^ Stace, C. A. (2010). New Flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. p. 88. ISBN 9780521707725.
  3. ^ a b Persicaria. Flora of North America.
  4. ^ Persicaria. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
  5. ^ Wilson, K. L. (1990). "Some widespread species of Persicaria (Polygonaceae) and their allies". Kew Bulletin 45(4) 621-36.