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*Persicaria maculosa* is a species of plant in the family Polygonaceae, belonging to the genus *Persicaria*. It is classified within the order Caryophyllales, class Magnoliopsida, phylum Tracheophyta, and kingdom Plantae. The species was described by Gray and produces a fruit type known as a nucule. Common names for this taxon include Redshank, Floh-Knöterich, Perzikkruid, and rdesno červivec.
The native range of *Persicaria maculosa* includes Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, the Azores, Baleares, the Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, and Belgium. Additional recorded locations include China, Shanghai, Xinjiang, and the Zhoushan Archipelago. The species has an IUCN conservation status of Least Concern, a designation assigned in 2013.
Herbarium records for this species are held by institutions such as the University of Alberta Museums, CHSC, SBBG, DAV, and OSU. These records originate from countries including Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The species is referenced by 41 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
Least ConcernPersicaria maculosa
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyPolygonaceae
Polygonum persicaria Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 361. 1753; Persicaria fusiformis (Greene) Greene; P. vulgaris Webb & Moquin-Tandon; Polygonum fusiforme Greene; P. persicaria var. ruderale (Salisbury) Meisner; P. puritanorum Fernald
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7,367
- With media
- 5,196
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, CHSC, SBBG, DAV, OSU, IBUNAM
- Recorded in
- Canada, United States, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Persicaria
- Image
- Persicaria maculosa - Museo Tazzetti Herbarium 324-2024.tif
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- Commons category
- Persicaria maculosa
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Persicaria maculosa
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon common name
- 春蓼
- Commons gallery
- Persicaria maculosa
- has fruit type
- nucule
- taxon range
- Zhoushan Archipelago
- short name
- P. maculosa
- taxon author citation
- Gray
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Encyclopedic overview
Persicaria maculosa (syn. Polygonum persicaria) is an annual plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. Common names include lady's thumb, spotted lady's thumb, Jesusplant, and redshank. It is widespread across Eurasia from Iceland south to Portugal and east to Japan. It is also present as an introduced and invasive species in North America, where it was first noted in the Great Lakes region in 1843 and has now spread through most of the continent.
Inflorescence The ochrea: stipules fused around the stem
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