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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

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.

Statistics

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

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link