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Persicaria
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thumb|Illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu (1804)
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyPolygonaceae
General: Persicaria, from the resemblance of the leaves to those
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,784
- With media
- 2,070
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Collections
- GH, USMS, COLO, MICH, CHSC, DAV
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, India, Japan, Russia, China, Kenya
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- Persicaria capitata AF crop.jpg
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- Persicaria
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- Persicaria
- taxon common name
- 蓼属
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- taxonomic type
- Persicaria maculosa
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thumb|Illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu (1804)
Persicaria is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the knotweed family, Polygonaceae. Plants of the genus are known commonly as knotweeds or smartweeds. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring nearly worldwide. The genus was segregated from Polygonum.
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