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  1. Family: Polygonaceae Juss.
    1. Genus: Bistorta (L.) Scop.

      1. Bistorta vacciniifolia (Wall. ex Meisn.) Greene

        This species is accepted, and its native range is Himalaya to Tibet.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya

    Bistorta vacciniifolia (Wall. ex Meisn.) Greene appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Wallich, N. [1695], Uttar Pradesh K000831204
    Blinkworth, R. [1695], Uttar Pradesh K000831205
    Strachey, R. [Cat. no. s.n.], India Polygonum vacciniifolium K001132896
    Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1695], India Polygonum vacciniifolium K001113887

    First published in Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 (1904)

    Accepted by

    • Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1983). Flora of Bhutan 1(1): 1-186. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

    Not accepted by

    • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919. [Cited as Persicaria vacciniifolia.]

    Sources

    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0