Genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family Polygonaceae
Not to be confused with Polygonatum.
Polygonum
Polygonum aviculare
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Polygonaceae
Subfamily:
Polygonoideae
Genus:
Polygonum L.
Species
See text.
Polygonum is a genus of about 130 species of flowering plants in the buckwheat and knotweed family Polygonaceae. Common names include knotweed and knotgrass (though the common names may refer more broadly to plants from Polygonaceae). In the Middle English glossary of herbs Alphita (c. 1400–1425), it was known as ars-smerte.[1] There have been various opinions about how broadly the genus should be defined. For example, buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) has sometimes been included in the genus as Polygonum fagopyrum. Former genera such as Polygonella have been subsumed into Polygonum; other genera have been split off.
The genus primarily grows in northern temperate regions. The species are very diverse, ranging from prostrate herbaceous annual plants to erect herbaceous perennial plants.
Polygonum species are occasionally eaten by humans, and are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species – see list. Most species are considered weeds in Europe and North America.
Polygonum is a genus of about 130 species of flowering plants in the buckwheat and knotweed family Polygonaceae. Common names include knotweed and knotgrass...
Polygonum aviculare or common knotgrass is a plant related to buckwheat and dock. It is also called prostrate knotweed, birdweed, pigweed and lowgrass...
information related to Persicaria lapathifolia. Persicaria lapathifolia (syn. Polygonum lapathifolium), known as pale persicaria, is a plant of the family Polygonaceae...
Persicaria maculosa (syn. Polygonum persicaria) is an annual plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. Common names include lady's thumb, spotted lady's...
Reynoutria japonica, synonyms Fallopia japonica and Polygonum cuspidatum, is a species of herbaceous perennial plant in the knotweed and buckwheat family...
Persicaria hydropiper (syn. Polygonum hydropiper), also known as water pepper, marshpepper knotweed, arse smart or tade, is a plant of the family Polygonaceae...
List. Japanese Indigo Polygonum tinctorium also called: Persicaria tinctoria An Impartation of Color: Japanese Indigo (Polygonum tinctorium) – leaves "Dye...
Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965. Flora of China, Polygonum amplexicaule D. Don, 1825. 包茎拳参 bao jing quan shen "RHS Plant Selector...
Polygonum glabrum can refer to: Polygonum glabrum Rchb., a synonym of Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) Delarbre Polygonum glabrum Roxb., a synonym of Persicaria...
Polygonum microcephalum can refer to: Polygonum microcephalum D.Don (1825), a synonym of Persicaria microcephala (D.Don) H.Gross Polygonum microcephalum...
Reynoutria multiflora (syn. Fallopia multiflora and Polygonum multiflorum) is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae native...
native throughout Europe, Asia and northern Africa. Synonyms include Polygonum convolvulus L. (basionym), Bilderdykia convolvulus (L.) Dumort, Fagopyrum...
kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate and princess-feather. It was first described, as Polygonum orientale, by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It was transferred to the genus Persicaria...
Fallopia baldschuanica (syn. Polygonum baldschuanicum) is an Asian species of flowering plant in the knotweed family known by several common names, including...
Polygonum arenastrum, commonly known as equal-leaved knotgrass, is a summer annual flowering plant in the knotweed family Polygonaceae. Other common names...
Polygonum erectum, commonly called erect knotweed, is a North American species of herbaceous plant in the buckwheat family (Polygonaceae). It is found...
placement of this species was historically in flux, having been placed in Polygonum or Persicaria but is now accepted as Bistorta. The Latin name bistorta...
Persicaria chinensis (synonym Polygonum chinense), commonly known as creeping smartweed or Chinese knotweed, is a plant species from the family Polygonaceae...
cultivated knotweed. It has several regularly used synonyms, including Polygonum polystachyum, Aconogonon polystachyum and Persicaria wallichii. Koenigia...
Daniel Solander in 1856. (Polygonum heterophyllum Lindm. is a different species and is a synonym of Polygonum aviculare.) "Polygonum heterophyllum Sol. ex...
Persicaria microcephala (syn. Polygonum microcephalum), the small-headed knotweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae. It is native...
Persicaria amphibia (syn. Polygonum amphibium) is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family known by several common names, including longroot...
Persicaria pensylvanica (syn. Polygonum pensylvanicum) is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. It is native to parts of...
original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Polygonum capitatum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina:...
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