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Polygonum L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 359 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000030745.

Literature

Synonyms of Polygonum

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Pleuropteropyrum Gross Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 23: 8 (1913) wfo-4000030357
Truellum Houtt. Nat. Hist. 2(8): 427 (1777) wfo-4000039489

Species in Polygonum ( showing species 1 to 15 of 864)

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Polygonum:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum adpressum R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 420, partim. 1810 [27 Mar 1810] wfo-0000485117
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum adpressum Labill. Nov. Holl. Pl. 1: 99 (1805) wfo-0000485118
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum aestivum (Ohki) Makino Ill. Fl. Japan : 622 (1948) wfo-0000485123
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum alpinum var. foliosum Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19(12): 360. 1892 wfo-0001272025
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum amblyophyllum (H.Hara) Kitam. Coloured Ill. Herb. Pl. Jap. , Choripet.: 310 (1961) wfo-0000485128
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum amphibium f. natans (Moench) Stanford Rhodora 27(321): 157–158 1925 — wfo-0001236756
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum amphibium f. terrestre (Moench) S.F.Blake Rhodora 15(177): 164. 1913 [1 Sep 1913] wfo-0001101320
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum amplexicaule var. amplexicaule – – — wfo-0001245426
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum angustissimum F.Muell. Fragm. 5: 92 (1865) wfo-0000488321
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum appressum Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 374 (1841) wfo-0000488316
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum arborescens Vell. Fl. Flumin. : 162 (1829) wfo-0000488311
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum arifolium var. pubescens (R.Keller) Fernald Rhodora 48: 53 (1946) wfo-0000490554
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum axillare Hook.f. London J. Bot. 6: 278 (1847) wfo-0000489680
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum biforme Wahlenb. Fl. Suec. 1: 242 (1824) wfo-0000489628
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum bistortum Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 168. 1867 wfo-0000489653
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum brachypodum Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 239 (1883) wfo-0000489699
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum buxiforme var. montanum (Small) R.J.Davis Madroño 11: 143. 1951 wfo-0001234562
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum campanulatum var. campanulatum – – — wfo-0001245998
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum campanulatum var. fulvidum Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 52 (1886) wfo-0001246003
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum camptianum hort. ex Meisn. Prodr. 14: 147 (1856) wfo-0000489759
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum caucasicum Hoffm. Commentat. Soc. Phys.-Med. Univ. Lit. Caes. Mosq. 1(1): 10 (1808) wfo-0000489749
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum cereale Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 259. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796] wfo-0000489744
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum chinense var. chinense – – — wfo-0001245507
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum chinense var. hispidum Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 5(13): 45. 1886 [Aug 1886] wfo-0001245514
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum chinense var. ovalifolium Meisn. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 60 1832 — wfo-0001245508
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum chinense var. paradoxum (H.Lév.) A.J.Li Vasc. Pl. Hengduan Mount. 1: 365 (1993):. wfo-0001275946
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum cirrhosum Moc. & Sessé ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 184. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000489686
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum clarkei C.W.Park Brittonia 38: 217 (1986) wfo-0000489711
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum claviculatum Hort.Par. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 185. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000489713
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum coccineum f. natans Stanford Rhodora 27: 164. 1925 wfo-0001101322
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum coccineum f. terrestre (Willd.) Stanford Rhodora 27(321): 162. 1925 [24 Oct 1925] wfo-0001236760
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum comptonianum hort. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 147. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000489714
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum convolvulaceum Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 239 (1779) wfo-0000489704
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum convolvuloides Brügger Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens xxix. 1884-85 (1886) 102. wfo-0000489702
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum cordatum Hort.Berol. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 146. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000489641
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum crispulum Sims Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1065 (1807) wfo-0000489519
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum cunninghamii Meisn. Prodr. 14: 85 (1856) wfo-0000489515
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum depressum A.Cunn. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 147. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000489492
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum diclinum F.Muell. Trans. Philos. Soc. Victoria 1: 23 (1855) wfo-0000489488
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum dioicum Buch.-Ham. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 143. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000489486
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum elegans Ten. Fl. Nap. Prod. Suppl. ii. p. lxvii; Fl. Nap. i. 207. wfo-0000489599
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum erectominus Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 28: 110 (1914) wfo-0000489591
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum ferrugineum var. incanum Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19(12): 359. 1892 wfo-0001039042
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum foliosum var. paludicola (Makino) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 20: 207 1962 — wfo-0001245353
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum forsteri Hook.f. Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 739, sphalm. 1867 wfo-0000489553
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum forsteri Endl. Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1: 166 (1836) wfo-0000489554
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum fruticosum S.G.Gmel. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 78. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000489584
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum fugax Small Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 2: 167 (1901) wfo-0000489583
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum glandulosum Subba Rao Bull. Bot. Surv. India 5: 257. 1964 wfo-0000489941
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum glandulosum Poir. Encycl. 6: 149 (1804) wfo-0000489942
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum gracile hort. ex Meisn. Enum. Pl. Inarim. 143. wfo-0000489926
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum gracile Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 259. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796] wfo-0000489929
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum hagei Royle ex Bab. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 18: 110 (1838) wfo-0000489949
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum hecasanthum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 585 (1866) wfo-0000489901
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum hidropiper Neck. Delic. Gallo Belg. i. 185. wfo-0000489897
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum hydropiperoides var. adenocalyx (Stanford) Gleason Phytologia 4: 23. 1952 wfo-0001101394
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum hydropiperoides var. opelousanum (Riddell) W.Stone Pl. S. New Jersey 422 1912 wfo-0001101393
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum hydropiperoides var. setaceum (Baldwin) Gleason Phytologia 4: 23 (1952) wfo-0001101285
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum infestum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 259. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796] wfo-0000484095
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum injucundum Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1250 (1829) wfo-0000484077
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum iowense (Rydb.) Cratty Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 1932, xxxix. 87. wfo-0000484102
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum lapathifolium subsp. maculatum (Sibth.) Dyer & Trimen J. Bot. 9: 36 (1871) wfo-0001101184
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum lapathifolium subsp. mesomorphum Danser Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 18: 138. 1921 wfo-0000747025
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum lapathifolium var. lanatum (Roxb.) Steward Contr. Gray Herb. 5: 46 1930 — wfo-0001245260
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum lapathifolium var. lapathifolium – – — wfo-0001101260
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum leptopodum Diels Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 260 (1912) wfo-0000490001
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum longiflorum Courchet Fl. Indo-Chine 5: 31 (1910) wfo-0000489968
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum longisetum var. longisetum – – — wfo-0001245345
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum longisetum var. rotundatum A.J.Li Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 15(4): 418. 1995 wfo-0001240179
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum longistylum var. omissum Stanford Rhodora 27: 178, 183. 1925 wfo-0001236775
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum macropterum hort. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 142. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000489988
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum nakaii (Hara) Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 7: 130 (1938) wfo-0000489785
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum natans var. insigne Stanford Rhodora 27: 162. 1925 wfo-0001236759
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum niloticum Meisn. Prodr. 14: 119 (1856) wfo-0000489838
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum novoascanicum subsp. psammophilum Bordz. ex Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 15: 140. 1979 wfo-0000489863
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum occidentale Herb.Berol. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 144. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000489852
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum oleraceum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 585 (1866) wfo-0000489888
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum parvifolium Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 256 (1818) wfo-0000489840
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum perforatum Meisn. Monogr. Polyg. : 83 (1826) wfo-0000489145
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum persicaria var. opacum (Sam.) A.J.Li Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 25(1): 23 (1998):. wfo-0001245253
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum persicaria var. persicaria – – — wfo-0001101328
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum polybotryum F.Muell. Fragm. 4: 130 (1864) wfo-0000489155
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum polystachyum var. polystachyum – – — wfo-0001245907
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum pseudolapathum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 584 (1866) wfo-0000489134
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum pyramidatum Loisel. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 411 (1827) wfo-0000489220
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum rugosum Buch.-Ham. ex Endl. Gen. Pl. , Suppl. 4(2): 49 (1848) wfo-0000489198
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum sawatchense subsp. sawatchense – – — wfo-0001270758
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum senegalense f. senegalense – – — wfo-0001101191
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum serotinum Ten. Syll. Fl. Neap. App. 566. wfo-0000489177
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum sinarum Desv. ex Meisn. Monogr. Polyg. 62. 1826 [Oct-Dec 1826] wfo-0000488975
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum strictum All. Fl. Pedem. 2: 207 (1785) wfo-0000489103
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum subsessile R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 419 (1810) wfo-0000489075
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum tenorei C. Presl – — wfo-0001302733
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum triangulare Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1689. 1829 wfo-0000489041
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum truellum Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 334 (1926) wfo-0000489063
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum umbellatum (Houtt.) Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 8: 51 (1939) wfo-0000489065
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum viviparum var. tenuifolium (H.W.Kung) Y.L.Liu J. N. W. Teachers' Coll. (Nat. Sci.) 1987(3): 45 (1987) wfo-0001240898
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum viviparum var. viviparum – – — wfo-0001101330