Bistorta vivipara · Kew POWO · Kew Plants of the World Online
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyPolygonaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, British Columbia, Bulgaria
Observations recorded288,314
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6,729
- With media
- 6,152
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS
- Recorded in
- Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- herbaceous plant
- Parent taxon
- Bistorta
- Image
- Bistorta vivipara Longyearbyen.JPG
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- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Bistorta vivipara
- taxon common name
- 珠芽拳参
- Commons gallery
- Bistorta vivipara
- Commons category
- Bistorta vivipara
- taxon range
- Tibet Autonomous Region
- short name
- B. vivipara
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Encyclopedic overview
Bistorta vivipara (synonym Persicaria vivipara) is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the knotweed and buckwheat family Polygonaceae, commonly known as alpine bistort. Scientific synonyms include Bistorta vivipara and Polygonum viviparum. It is common all over the high Arctic through Europe, North America, incl. Greenland, and temperate and tropical Asia. Its range stretches further south in high mountainous areas such as the Alps, Carpathians, Pyrenees, Caucasus, Alaska and the Tibetan Plateau.
Taxonomy
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