Genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, Polygonaceae
Persicaria
Persicaria capitata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Polygonaceae
Subfamily:
Polygonoideae
Genus:
Persicaria Mill. 1754
Species
See text
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]
^"Persicaria Mill". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
^Stace, C. A. (2010). New Flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. p. 88. ISBN 9780521707725.
^ abPersicaria. Flora of North America.
^Persicaria. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
^Wilson, K. L. (1990). "Some widespread species of Persicaria (Polygonaceae) and their allies". Kew Bulletin 45(4) 621-36.
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