- Family: Polygonaceae Juss.
- Genus: Bistorta (L.) Scop.
Bistorta amplexicaulis (D.Don) Greene
- Genus: Bistorta (L.) Scop.
Native to:
Afghanistan, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya
Introduced into:
Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, Ireland
- Bistorta amplexicaulis var. alba Munshi & Javeid
- Bistorta amplexicaulis var. dhorpatanensis Yonek. & H.Ohashi
- Bistorta amplexicaulis var. pendula H.Hara
- Bistorta amplexicaulis subsp. sinensis (F.B.Forbes & Hemsl. ex Steward) Soják
- Bistorta henryi Yonek. & H.Ohashi
- Bistorta oxyphylla (Wall. ex Meisn.) Greene
- Bistorta petiolata (D.Don) Petrov
- Bistorta speciosa (Hook.f.) Greene
- Persicaria amplexicaulis (D.Don) Ronse Decr.
- Persicaria amplexicaulis var. dhorpatanensis (Yonek. & H.Ohashi) J.D.Arm.
- Persicaria amplexicaulis var. pendula (H.Hara) J.D.Arm.
- Persicaria amplexicaulis var. speciosa (Greene) Akeroyd
- Polygonum amplexicaule D.Don
- Polygonum oxyphyllum Wall. ex Meisn.
- Polygonum petiolatum D.Don
- Polygonum speciosum Wall. ex Meisn.
Bistorta amplexicaulis (D.Don) Greene appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Jan 1, 1988 | Wallich, N. [1716], Uttaranchal | K000831199 | ||
Jan 1, 1988 | Wallich, N. [1716], Uttaranchal | K000831200 | ||
Jan 1, 1988 | Wallich, N. [1716 2], Indian Subcontinent | K000831201 | ||
Jan 1, 1988 | Clarke, C.B. [19497], Uttaranchal | K000831198 | ||
Henry, A. [1818], Hubei | Bistorta amplexicaulis subsp. sinensis | K000831190 | ||
Henry, A. [s.n.], Hubei | Bistorta amplexicaulis subsp. sinensis | K000831189 | ||
Strachey, R. [Cat. no. s.n.], India | Polygonum oxyphyllum | K001132880 | ||
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1715], India | Polygonum oxyphyllum | K001113972 |
First published in Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 (1904)
Accepted by
- Qaiser, M. (2001). Flora of Pakistan 205: 1-190. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
- Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1983). Flora of Bhutan 1(1): 1-186. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
Not accepted by
- Akeroyd, J.R. (2013). Docks and Knotweeds of Britain and Ireland: 1-258. Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. [Cited as Persicaria amplexicaulis.]
- Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919. [Cited as Persicaria amplexicaulis.]
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
- Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2003). Flora of China 5: 1-505. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
- Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1983). Flora of Bhutan 1(1): 1-186. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
- Rechinger, K.H. & Schiman-Czeika, H. (1968). Flora Iranica 56: 1-88. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
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