Polygonum Linnaeus 1753 (knotweed)

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Polygonaceae according to Y. J. Huang et al. 2021

See also Chauhan 1991, Kershaw 1976, Knowlton 1919, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Liu et al. 1996 and Van der Hammen et al. 1973

Sister taxa: Calligonum, Coccoloba, Coccolobis, Coccolobites, Muehlenbeckia, Oxyria, Persicaria, Polycolporopollenites, Polygonacidites, Polygonites, Polygonocarpum, Rumex

Subtaxa: Polygonum amphibium Polygonum bistorta Polygonum convolvulus Polygonum fagopyrum Polygonum frutescens Polygonum hydropiper Polygonum lapathifolium Polygonum maritimum Polygonum nepalense Polygonum ocreatum Polygonum persicaria Polygonum scandens Polygonum serratum Polygonum tataricum Polygonum urifolium Polygonum uvifera Polygonum virginianum Polygonum viviparum

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (12 collections), Greenland (2), India (25), Japan (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (4: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington)

• Pliocene of China (2), Germany (5), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (1)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Indiana)

• Miocene to Pliocene of France (1), Germany (1)

• Miocene of China (3), Germany (5), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (11), Turkey (1)

• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (4)

Total: 87 collections including 110 occurrences

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