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Persicaria bistorta (L.) Samp.

This species name was first published in Herb. Port. : 41 (1913)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000488076.

Synonyms of Persicaria bistorta (L.) Samp.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Polygonum bistorta L. Sp. Pl. : 360 (1753) wfo-0000489629
Bistorta major var. ovata Nakai ex H.Hara Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 48: 890 1934 wfo-0000496430
Bistorta major var. pacifica (Petrov ex Kom.) H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 13: 382 1937 wfo-0000496431
Bistorta vulgaris Hill Brit. Herb. 488 1756 wfo-0000496435
Bistorta vulgaris var. nitens (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Nakai Rigakkwai 24: 295 1926 wfo-0000496436
Bistorta vulgaris var. pacifica (Petrov ex Kom.) Miyabe J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 26(4): 508 1934 wfo-0000496437
Bistorta officinalis subsp. japonica (H.Hara) Yonek. Fl. Japan 2a: 145 (2006) wfo-0000506643
Bistorta officinalis subsp. pacifica (Petrov ex Kom.) Yonek. Fl. Japan 2a: 144 (2006) wfo-0000506644
Bistorta abbreviata Kom. Fl. URSS 5: 724 (1936) wfo-0000566093
Bistorta carnea (K.Koch) Kom. Fl. URSS 5: 682 (1936) wfo-0000566116
Bistorta ensigera (Juz.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 25: 185 (1988) wfo-0000566125
Bistorta lapidosa Kitag. Rep. Inst. Sci. Res. Manchoukuo 2: 290 (1938) wfo-0000566141
Bistorta major Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 267. 1821 wfo-0000566152
Bistorta major subsp. carnea (K.Koch) Soják Preslia 46: 152 (1974) wfo-0000566153
Bistorta major subsp. cordifolia (Turcz.) Soják Preslia 46: 152 (1974) wfo-0000566154
Bistorta major subsp. elliptica (Willd. ex Spreng.) Soják Preslia 46: 152 (1974) wfo-0000566155
Bistorta major subsp. ensigera (Juz.) Soják Preslia 46: 152 (1974) wfo-0000566156
Bistorta major subsp. nitens (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Soják Preslia 46: 152 (1974) wfo-0000566157
Bistorta major subsp. plumosa (Small) H.Hara J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 34 (1952) wfo-0000566158
Bistorta nitens (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Kom. Fl. URSS 5: 683 (1936) wfo-0000566163
Bistorta officinalis Delarbre Fl. Auvergne , ed. 2, 2: 516 (1800) wfo-0000566165
Bistorta pacifica Kom. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. vi. 2 (1926), in syn. wfo-0000566168
Bistorta pacifica var. tomentella (Kom.) Tzvelev Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal'nego Vostoka 4: 57 (1989) wfo-0000566169
Bistorta pacifica f. velutina Kitag. J. Jap. Bot. 47: 354 (1972) wfo-0000566171
Bistorta plumosa (Small) Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 18 (1904) wfo-0000566176
Bistorta subauriculata Kom. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 6: 4 (1926) wfo-0000566191
Colubrina intorta Montandon Syn. Fl. Jura 268. 1856 wfo-0000615262
Bistorta elliptica (Willd. ex Spreng.) V.V.Petrovsky, D.F.Murray & Elven J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 435 (2008) wfo-0000743405
Polygonum lapidosum (Kitag.) Kitag. Rep. Mansh. 2: 290 (1930) wfo-0000747127
Polygonum bistorta subsp. plumosum (Small) Hultén Acta Univ. Lund., 2 , 40(1): 613 (1944) wfo-0001101265
Polygonum plumosum Small Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 2: 166 (1901) wfo-0001101607
Polygonum bistorta var. plumosum (Small) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 93: 644 (1966) wfo-0001234858