Persicaria Linnaeus 1753 (knotweed)

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae

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

Parent taxon: Polygonaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976

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

Subtaxa: Persicaria tertiaria

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Persicaria in the database

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