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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.

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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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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 aboriginum (Greene) Fedde Just's Bot. Jahresber. 32(1): 417 (1905) wfo-0000484629
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum abscissum (Greene) Fedde Just's Bot. Jahresber. 32(1): 417 (1905) wfo-0000484630
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum abyssinicum A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 225 (1850) wfo-0000484636
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum acidum Pall. Reise Russ. Reich. 2: 25 (1773) wfo-0000488364
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum acidum Willd. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 96. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000488363
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum acmophyllum Gand. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 172 (1882) wfo-0000746885
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum acutifolium Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 587 (1866) wfo-0000488359
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum acutum Gand. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 54 (-56). 1882 [Sep 1882] wfo-0000746942
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum adenophorum Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 258 (1825) wfo-0000488358
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum adenophyllum Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 3: 48 (1828) wfo-0000485179
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum adenopodum Sam. Symb. Sin. 7: 181 (1929) wfo-0001245501
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum adenotrichum Griff. Rep. Bot. Gard. Calc. : 39 (1843) wfo-0000485115
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum adoense Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 225 (1919) wfo-0000485116
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 adpressum R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 420, partim. 1810 [27 Mar 1810] wfo-0000485117
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 afyonicum Leblebici & Gemici Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 42: 321 (1985) wfo-0000485122
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum akakiense Cufod. Österr. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl., Sitzungsber., Abt. 1, Biol. 156: 475 (1947) wfo-0000485109
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum alaskanum subsp. hultenianum Jurtzev Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 59: 1452 (1974) wfo-0001272017
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum albescens Gand. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 92 (1882) wfo-0000746873
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum aleppicum Boiss. & Hausskn. ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. 4: 1037 (1879) wfo-0000485113
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum alismaefolium (Greene) Fedde Just's Bot. Jahresber. 32(1): 417 (1905) wfo-0001101222
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum alopecuroides Turcz. ex Besser Fl. Beibl. 23 1834 wfo-0001245415
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum alopecuroides f. pilosum C.F.Fang Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin. Bor.-Orient. 2: 108 1959 — wfo-0001245417
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum alpestre var. ammanioides (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss. Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 4(2): 1038.1879 wfo-1200026953
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum alpinum var. foliosum (R.Keller) Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19(12): 360. 1892 wfo-0001272025
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum alpinum var. lapathifolium Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 3: 38 (1828) wfo-0001272019
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum alpinum var. olympicum Clementi Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino ser. 2, 16: 319 1857 wfo-1200068046
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum alpinum var. sinicum Dammer ex Diels Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29(2): 314–315 1900 — wfo-0001245947
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum altissimum Moench Methodus : 630 (1794) wfo-0000485126
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum ambiguum Meisn. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 54 (1832) wfo-0001272106
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 amboanum Fedde Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 493 (1911) wfo-0000485129
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum ammannoides Jaub. & Spach Ill. Pl. Orient. 2: 28 (1844) wfo-0000485130
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum ammophilum (Greene) Fedde Just's Bot. Jahresber. 32(1): 417 (1905) wfo-0000485124
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum amphibium f. hartwrightii (A.Gray) S.F.Blake Rhodora 15: 164. 1913 wfo-0001236455
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 amphibium var. hartwrightii (A.Gray) Bissell Rhodora 4: 105. 1902 wfo-0001235978
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum amphibium var. natans Moench Enum. Pl. Hass. 189. 1777 wfo-0001236757
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum amphibium var. terrestre Leers Sp. Pl. 2(1): 443 1799 wfo-0001236454
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum amplexicaule var. amplexicaule – – — wfo-0001245426
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum amplexicaule var. speciosum (Meisn.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 33 1886 — wfo-0001272107
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum ampliusculum Gand. Fl. Lyon. : 193 (1875) wfo-0000488319
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum anacampseros L. – — wfo-0001101441
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum anatolicum M.Keskin & Eker Phytotaxa 696(2): 193 (2025) wfo-1000080781
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum anguillanum Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 8(1): 51. 1939 [15 Mar 1939] wfo-0000488323
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum angustifolium D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 70 (1825) wfo-1000051062
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 anomalum De Bruyn Pl. Jungh. : 311 (1854) wfo-0000488309
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum antihaemorrhoidale Mart. Reise Bras. (Spix & Mart.) i. 550. wfo-0000488320
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum apoense Elmer Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 7: 2796 (1915) wfo-0000488318
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum appressum (Meisn. ex Steud.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 374 (1841) wfo-0000488316
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum aquaticum A.Gray ex Meisn. Prodr. 14: 116 (1856) wfo-0000488315
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum arachnoideum Klotzsch ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 5(13): 35. 1886 [Aug 1886] wfo-0000488313
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum arachnoideum Klotzsch ex Meisn. Prodr. 14: 117 (1856) wfo-0000488314
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum araricum Gand. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 172. 1883 [Jan 1883] wfo-0000746887
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum araucanum Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 91: 489. 1895 wfo-0000488312
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 arenarium subsp. arenarium – – — wfo-1200108229
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum arenicola Suksd. Werdenda 1: 8 (1923) wfo-0000488334
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum argentum Brandão & Laca-B. Daphne 5(1): 5 (1995) wfo-0000488332
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum aridum Boiss. & Hausskn. ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. 4: 1042 (1879) wfo-0000488341
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 arnassense Gand. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 67 (1882) wfo-0000746978
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum arussense Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 10: 403 (1911) wfo-0000488329
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum asclepiadeum (Greene) Fedde Just's Bot. Jahresber. 32(1): 417 (1905) wfo-0000488327
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum asiaticum (Lour.) Lindau Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 13(1): 220 1891 wfo-1000076679
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum asiaticum B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 1: 573 (1893) wfo-0000488325
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum asperulum Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1724. 1829 wfo-0000489149
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum asperulum Zapał. Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 2: 145 (1908) wfo-0000488146
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum atriplicifolium Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1719. 1829 wfo-0000489662
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum australe (G.Forst.) A.Rich. Ess. Fl. N. Zel. 178. wfo-0000489658
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum australe Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 258. 1825 [Jan-May 1825] wfo-0000489663
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum australe Thiéb.-Bern. ex Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 440 (1805) wfo-0000489657
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum aviculare var. buxiforme (Small) Tiehm J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 17(1): 28 2023 wfo-1200067927
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 axillare Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 559. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0000489678
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum axillaris Hook.f. Hooker's London Journal of Botany 6 1847 wfo-0000490890
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum azoricum H.C.Watson ex Meisn. Prodr. 14: 111 (1856) wfo-0000489677
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum baccatum Sol. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 146. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000489665
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum bacciferum Bojer Hortus Maurit. : 271 (1837) wfo-0000489675
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum balansae Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. , ser. 2, 4: 78 (1859) wfo-0000489674
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum balansae subsp. balansae – – — wfo-1200107761
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum balansae subsp. battandieri (Maire & Sennen) Greuter & Burdet Willdenowia 16:451 1987 — wfo-1200112712
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum balansae subsp. elongatum Dobignard Index Syn. Fl. Afrique N. 5:366 2013 — wfo-1200112713
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum balansae subsp. induratum (Asch. & Barbey) Greuter & Burdet Willdenowia 16:451 1987 — wfo-1200112714
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum balansae subsp. rhizoxylon (Pau & Font Quer) Greuter Willdenowia 16: 451 (1987) wfo-0000489671
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum baltistanicum Chaudhri Pakistan Syst. 3: 30 (1987) wfo-0000489669
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum banca Herb.Ham. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 36 (1886) wfo-0000489668
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum banka Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1722. 1829 wfo-0000489667
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum barbatum subsp. gracile Danser Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 8: 146, f. 2 1927 wfo-0001272090
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum barbatum var. gracile (Danser) Steward Contr. Gray Herb. 88: 55 1930 — wfo-0001245346
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum battandieri (Maire & Sennen) Maire & Sennen ex Vindt Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 31: 35 (1952) wfo-0000489637
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum baumgartenianum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 584 (1866) wfo-0000489636
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum benearnense Gand. Herb. Pyrénées 51 1884 wfo-1000064685
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum benguetense Merr. Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 301 (1915) wfo-0000489634
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum bernardinum Greene Pittonia 5: 199 (1903) wfo-0000489633
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum bertolonii Goiran & Lonivi ex Goiran & DelFabbro Spec. Morph. Veg. Cf. Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. ix. (1877) 170. wfo-0000489632
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polygonum betpakdalense Bojt. in Fl. Kazakhst. iii. 158, 434 (1960). wfo-0000489631