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Polygonum

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae

Taxonomy
Polygonum was named by Linnaeus (1753) [Periporate, reticulate. The type illustrated shows thick undulating muri.]. It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Polygonaceae by Linnaeus (1759), Knowlton (1919), Van der Hammen and Gonzales (1960), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Liu et al. (1996) and Huang et al. (2021).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Polygonum Linnaeus p. 103 figs. Plate I, 3
1759Polygonum Linnaeus
1919Polygonum Knowlton
1960Polygonum Van der Hammen and Gonzales figs. Plate I, 3
1976Polygonum Lakhanpal et al.
1991Polygonum Chauhan
1996Polygonum Liu et al.
2021Polygonum Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
Superasterids
orderCaryophyllales
familyPolygonaceae
genusPolygonum

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Polygonum Linnaeus 1753
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Polygonum nepalense Meisner 1826
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available