Persicaria nepalensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to eastern Africa, including Madagascar, and parts of Asia. It has been introduced elsewhere: parts of Europe (including Great Britain), North America (including British Columbia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania) and northern South America.[2] The species was first described as Polygonum nepalense by Carl Meissner in 1826, and transferred to Persicaria by Hugo Gross in 1913.[1] (The same transfer was made later, in 1934, by Kingo Miyabe; as of 3 May 2019, Plants of the World Online used this transfer for the authorship of the combination.[2])

Persicaria nepalensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Persicaria
Species:
P. nepalensis
Binomial name
Persicaria nepalensis
(Meisn.) H.Gross[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Cephalophilon nepalense (Meisn.) Tzvelev
  • Persicaria alata (D.Don) Nakai
  • Persicaria lyrata (Nakai) Nakai
  • Persicaria perforata (Meisn.) H.Gross
  • Polygonum alatum (D.Don) Buch.-Ham. ex Spreng.
  • Polygonum guttuliferum Miq. ex Meisn.
  • Polygonum lyratum Nakai
  • Polygonum nepalense Meisn.
  • Polygonum perforatum Meisn.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Plant Name Details for Persicaria nepalensis (Meisn.) H.Gross", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2019-05-03
  2. ^ a b c "Persicaria nepalensis (Meisn.) Miyabe", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, archived from the original on December 17, 2018, retrieved 2019-05-03