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Ver. 25.01
Jan. 2nd, 2024

370.0000 Family Polygonaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. 82 (1789), nom. cons.
52 genera, ca. 1450 spp.
Species listed in database: 1447; hybrids: 151
= Calligonaceae Khalk.; Dokl. Akad. Nauk Uzbeksk. S.S.R. (1985)(11): 45 (1985)
= Eriogonaceae G.Don; R. Sw., Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 580 (1839)
= Persicariaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 473 (1820)
= Rumicaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 554 (1820)
370.3202 Genus Bistorta (L.) Scop.; Meth. Pl. [Scopoli] 24 (1754)
Distribution: Old World, mostly temperate Asia
Species listed in database: 44; hybrids: 1
= Colubrina Montandon; Syn. Fl. Jura 268 (1856)
species :
Bistorta abukumensis Yonek., Iketsu & H.Ohashi; J. Jap. Bot. 70(2): 107 (1995)
Distribution: Japan
38 JAP
species :
Bistorta affinis (D.Don) Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 (1904)
Name: Teppich-Wiesenknöterich (DE)
Distribution: Germany [I]; Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan); Tibet; Pakistan (Dir, Chitral, Swat, Karakorum, Gilgit, Baltistan); Nepal; N-India (Dras, Zanskar, Poonch, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim)
11 ger 34 AFG 36 TIB 40 IND NEP PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Persicaria affinis (D.Don) Ronse Decr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 98(4): 368 (1988)
= Polygonum affine D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 70 (1825)
= Polygonum brunonis Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 1692 (1830)
= Polygonum brunonis Wall. ex Meisn.; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 54 (1832)
= Polygonum donianum Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4: Cur. Post. 154 (1827)
species :
Bistorta albiflora Miyam. & H.Ohba; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 28(4): 141 (2002)
Distribution: China (Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet
36 CHI TIB
species :
Bistorta alopecuroides (Turcz. ex Kom.) Nakai; J. Jap. Bot. 14: 735 (1938)
Distribution: Siberia (Altai, Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk); Russian Far East (Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye); Kazakhstan; China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol); Mongolia; South Korea
30 SIB 31 RFE 32 KAZ 36 CHI 37 MON 38 KOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta alopecuroides f. pilosa (C.F.Fang) Kitag.; Neolin. Fl. Manshur. 228 (1979)
= Bistorta alopecuroides var. zeaensis (Kom.) Tzvelev; Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal´nego Vostoka 4: 59 (1989)
= Bistorta vulgaris var. angustifolia H.Gross; Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 23: 17 (1913)
= Polygonum alopecuroides f. pilosum C.F.Fang; Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin. Bor.-Or. 2: 108 (1959)
= Polygonum alopecuroides Turcz. ex Kom.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 6(1): 3 (1926)
= Polygonum alopecuroides Turcz. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 374 (1841)
= Polygonum bistorta var. graminifolium Turcz.; Fl. Baical.-dahur. 2: 59 (1856)
= Polygonum bistorta var. longifolium Fisch. & C.A.Mey.; Index Sem. (St. Petersburg [Petropolitanus]) 1838: 40 (1838)
= Polygonum zeaense Kom.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 5: 724 (1936)
species :
Bistorta amplexicaulis (D.Don) Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 (1904)
Name: Kerzen-Wiesenknöterich (DE)
Distribution: Ireland [I]; Germany [I]; Channel Isl. [I]; Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan); China (Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet; Pakistan (Kurram, Chitral, Swat, Hazara, Murree); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Poonch, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim)
10 ire 11 ger 12 cis 34 AFG 36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND NEP PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta amplexicaulis subsp. sinensis (F.B.Forbes & Hemsl. ex Steward) Soják; Preslia 46: 152 (1974)
= Bistorta amplexicaulis var. alba Munshi & Javeid; Syst. Stud. Polygonac. Kashmir Himalaya (J. Econ. Taxon. Bot., Addit. Ser. 2): 61 (1986)
= Bistorta amplexicaulis var. speciosa (Hook.f.) Munshi & Javeid; Syst. Stud. Polygon. Kashm. Himal. 60 (1986)
= Bistorta henryi Yonek. & H.Ohashi; J. Jap. Bot. 77(2): 76 (2002) (nom. nov. for replaced name)
= Bistorta oxyphylla (Wall. ex Meisn.) Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 (1904)
= Bistorta petiolata (D.Don) Petrov; Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 27: 233 (1928)
= Bistorta speciosa (Hook.f.) Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 (1904)
= Persicaria amplexicaulis (D.Don) Ronse Decr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 98(4): 368 (1988)
= Persicaria amplexicaulis var. speciosa (Greene) Akeroyd; Contr. Bot. Univ. ´Babes-Bolyai´ Cluj-Napoca 48: 18 (2013)
= Polygonum amplexicaule D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 70 (1825)
= Polygonum amplexicaule var. sinense F.B.Forbes & Hemsl. ex Steward; Contr. Gray Herb. 88: 30 (1930)
= Polygonum amplexicaule var. speciosa (Meisn.) Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 5: 32 (1886)
= Polygonum oxyphyllum Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 1715 (1830)
= Polygonum oxyphyllum Wall. ex Meisn.; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 54 (1832)
= Polygonum petiolatum D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 70 (1825)
= Polygonum speciosum Meisn.; Monogr. 66 (1826)
= Polygonum speciosum Wall. ex Meisn.; Monogr. Polyg. 66 (1826), nom. illeg.
variant :
var. dhorpatanensis Yonek. & H.Ohashi; J. Jap. Bot. 77(2): 71 (2002)
Distribution: Nepal
40 NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Persicaria amplexicaulis var. dhorpatanensis (Yonek. & H.Ohashi) J.D.Arm.; Hanburyana 7: 47 (2013)
variant :
var. pendula H.Hara; Fl. E. Himalaya, 3rd. Rep. 30 (1975)
Distribution: Afghanistan; Nepal; Bhutan
34 AFG 40 BHU NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Persicaria amplexicaulis var. pendula (H.Hara) J.D.Arm.; Hanburyana 7: 47 (2013)
species :
Bistorta arunachalensis M.Das & S.S.Dash; Nordic J. Bot. 2024(8)-e04242: 3 (2024)
Distribution: NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh)
40 IND
species :
Bistorta attenuata Kom.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 5: 684, 725 (1936)
Distribution: Siberia (Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Yakutia); Mongolia
30 SIB 37 MON
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta alopecuroides var. attenuata (Kom.) Gubanov; Konsp. Fl. Vneshnei Mongolii (Sosud. Rast.): 38 (1996)
= Polygonum alopecuroides var. attenuatum (Petrov ex Kom.) Serg.
= Polygonum attenuatum Petrov ex Kom.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 5: 725 (1936), nom. illeg., non R. Br.
= Polygonum bistorta subsp. attenuatum (Petrov ex Kom.) Perfiljeva
= Polygonum vladimirii Czerep.; Sosud. Rast. S.S.S.R. 403 (1981), nom. nov.
species :
Bistorta attenuatifolia Miyam. & H.Ohba; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 30(3): 109 (2004)
Distribution: Tibet
36 TIB
species :
Bistorta bistortoides (Pursh) Small; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 57 (1906)
Name: American Bistort
Distribution: Canada (Alberta, British Columbia); USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington State, Wyoming); Mexico (Chihuahua)
71 CDN 73 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta bernardina (Greene) Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 18 (1904)
= Bistorta bistortoides var. oblongifolia (Meisn.) Moldenke; Phytologia 27(4): 289 (1973)
= Bistorta calophylla Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 19 (1904)
= Bistorta cephalophora (Greene) Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 18 (1904)
= Bistorta glastifolia (Greene) Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 18 (1904)
= Bistorta jejuna (Greene) Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 18 (1904)
= Bistorta leptophylla Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 20 (1904)
= Bistorta lilacina Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 18 (1904)
= Bistorta linearifolia (Greene) Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 18 (1904)
= Bistorta scaberula Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 77 (1904)
= Bistorta vulcanica (Greene) Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 18 (1904)
= Persicaria bistortoides (Pursh) H.R.Hinds; Novon 5(2): 166 (1995)
= Polygonum bernardinum Greene; Pittonia 5: 199 (1903)
= Polygonum bistorta var. linearifolium S.Watson; Botany (Fortieth Parallel) 317 (1871)
= Polygonum bistorta var. oblongifolium Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 126 (1856)
= Polygonum bistortoides Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 271 (1813)
= Polygonum bistortoides var. linearifolium (S.Watson) Small; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19: 352 (1892)
= Polygonum bistortoides var. oblongifolium (Meisn.) H.St.John; Fl. S.-e. Washington [St. John] 121 (1937)
= Polygonum calophyllum (Greene) Fedde; Bot. Jahresber. [Just] 32(1): 415 (1905)
= Polygonum cephalophorum Greene; Pittonia 5: 198 (1903)
= Polygonum glastifolium Greene; Pittonia 5: 199 (1903)
= Polygonum jejunum Greene; Pittonia 5: 198 (1903)
= Polygonum leptophyllum (Greene) Fedde; Bot. Jahresber. [Just] 32(1): 415 (1905)
= Polygonum lilacinum (Greene) Fedde; Bot. Jahresber. [Just] 32(1): 415 (1905)
= Polygonum linearifolium Greene; Pittonia 5: 197 (1903)
= Polygonum scaberulum (Greene) Fedde; Bot. Jahresber. [Just] 32(1): 415 (1905)
= Polygonum vulcanicum Greene; Pittonia 5: 198 (1903)
species :
Bistorta burmanica Yonek. & H.Ohashi; J. Jap. Bot. 76(6): 351 (2001)
Distribution: Myanmar
41 MYA
species :
Bistorta carnea (K.Koch) Kom.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 5: 682 (1936) ex Tzvelev, Konspekt Fl. Kavkaza 3(2): 261 (2012)
Distribution: Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey
33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 TUR
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta carnea (K.Koch) Kom. ex Tzvelev; Konspekt Fl. Kavkaza 3(2): 261 (2012), isonym.
= Bistorta major subsp. carnea (K.Koch) Soják; Preslia 46: 152 (1974)
= Bistorta officinalis subsp. carnea (K.Koch) Soják.; Preslia 46(2): 152 (1974)
= Persicaria bistorta subsp. carnea (K.Koch) Greuter & Burdet; Willdenowia 19: 41 (1989)
= Polygonum bistorta subsp. carneum (K.Koch) Coode & Cullen; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 27: 215 (1967)
= Polygonum carneum K.Koch; Linnaea 22: 197 (1849)
species :
Bistorta coriacea (Sam.) Yonek. & H.Ohashi; J. Jap. Bot. 72(3): 157 (1997)
Distribution: China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet
36 CHI TIB
Synonyms: hidden
= Polygonum coriaceum Sam.; Symb. Sin. 7(2): 174-175 (1929)
= Persicaria coriacea (Sam.) Cubey; Hanburyana 1: 15 (2006)
species :
Bistorta diopetes H.Ohba & S.Akiyama; Alpine Fl. Jaljale Himalaya, E. Nepal (Univ. Mus., Univ. Tokyo, Nat. & Cult., 4): 9, 10 (1992)
Distribution: E-Nepal
40 NEP
species :
Bistorta elliptica (Willd. ex Spreng.) Kom.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 5: 677 (1936)
Distribution: European Russia; Siberia (Altai, Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, W-Siberia, Yakutia); Russian Far East (Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin); Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; China (Jilin, Xinjiang); Mongolia
14 RUS 30 SIB 31 RFE 32 KAZ KGZ TZK UZB 36 CHI 37 MON
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta elliptica (Willd. ex Spreng.) V.V.Petrovsky, D.F.Murray & Elven; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2(1): 435 (2008)
= Bistorta major subsp. elliptica (Willd. ex Spreng.) Á.Löve & D.Löve; Bot. Not. 128(4): 507 (1975 publ. 1976) comb. superfl.
= Bistorta major subsp. elliptica (Willd. ex Spreng.) Soják; Preslia 46(2): 152 (1974)
= Bistorta major subsp. nitens (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Soják; Preslia 46(2): 152 (1974)
= Bistorta nitens (Petrov) Kom.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 5: 683 (1936)
= Bistorta officinalis subsp. elliptica (Willd. ex Spreng.) A.L.Ebel; Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. 94: 14 (2004)
= Bistorta schugnanica Kom.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 5: 725 (1936)
= Polygonum bistorta subsp. ellipticum (Willd. & Spreng.) V.V.Petrovsky
= Polygonum bistorta var. nitens Fisch. & C.A.Mey.; Index Sem. (St. Petersburg [Petropolitanus]) 1883: 5: 40 (1883)
= Polygonum collare Mart. ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14: 119 (1856), nom. inval.
= Polygonum ellipticum Willd. ex Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 253 (1825)
= Polygonum intercedens Petrov ex Kom.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 5: 678, 723 (1936) non Beck (1906)
= Polygonum kolymense A.P.Khokhr.
= Polygonum nitens (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Petrov; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 5: 683, 724 (1936)
= Polygonum schugnanicum Kom.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 5: 684, 725 (1936)
species :
Bistorta emodi (Meisn.) H.Hara; Fl. E. Himalaya 69 (1966)
subspecies :
subsp. emodi
Distribution: China (Yunnan); Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; N-India (Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim)
36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Polygonum emodi Meisn.; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 51, 54. t. 287 (1832)
= Persicaria emodi (Meisn.) Cubey; Hanburyana 1: 15 (2006)
= Bistorta emodi (Meisn.) Petrov; Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 27: 227 (1928)
= Polygonum meissneri Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 1693 (1830)
subspecies :
subsp. dependens (Diels) Soják; Preslia 46(2): 152 (1974)
Distribution: China (Sichuan, Yunnan); E-Tibet; Nepal
36 CHI TIB 40 NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta emodi var. dependens (Diels) Petrov; Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 27: 230 (1928)
= Bistorta zigzag (H.Lév. & Vaniot) H.Gross; Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 23: 19 (1913)
= Polygonum emodi var. dependens Diels; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 256. (1912)
= Polygonum zigzag H.Lév. & Vaniot; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 112 (1908)
species :
Bistorta griersonii Yonek. & H.Ohashi; J. Jap. Bot. 76(6): 344 (2001)
Distribution: Bhutan
40 BHU
species :
Bistorta griffithii (Hook.f.) Grierson; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40(1): 128 (1982)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); Tibet; Bhutan; N-Myanmar
36 CHI TIB 40 BHU 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta calostachya (Diels) Soják; Preslia 46(2): 152 (1974)
= Persicaria griffithii (Hook.f.) Cubey; Hanburyana 3: 80 (2008)
= Polygonum calostachyum Diels; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 261 (1912)
= Polygonum griffithii Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 5: 54 (1886)
species :
Bistorta hayachinensis (Makino) H.Gross; Bull. Géogr. Bot. 23: 16 (1913)
Distribution: Japan (Honshu)
38 JAP
Synonyms: hidden
= Polygonum hayachinense Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 17: 191 (1903)
species :
Bistorta honanensis (H.W.Kung) Yonek. & H.Ohashi; J. Jap. Bot. 72(3): 157 (1997)
Distribution: China (Henan, ?Shaanxi)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Polygonum honanense H.W.Kung; Chin. J. Bot. 1(1): 14, t. 4 (1936)
species :
Bistorta incana (Nakai) Nakai ex T.Mori; Enum. Pl. Corea 130 (1922)
Distribution: North Korea
38 NKO
Synonyms: hidden
= Polygonum bistorta var. incana Nakai; Fl. Kor. 2: 168 (1911)
species :
Bistorta jaljalensis H.Ohba & S.Akiyama; Alpine Fl. Jaljale Himalaya, E. Nepal (Univ. Mus., Univ. Tokyo, Nat. & Cult., 4): 10 (1992)
Distribution: Tibet; Nepal; N-India; Bhutan
36 TIB 40 BHU IND NEP
species :
Bistorta krascheninnikovii N.A.Ivanova; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 9: 186 (1946)
Distribution: C-European Russia (Urals)
14 RUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Polygonum krascheninnikovii (N.A.Ivanova) Czerep.; Sosud. Rast. S.S.S.R. 401 (1981)
species :
Bistorta longispicata Yonek. & H.Ohashi; J. Jap. Bot. 76: 346 (2001)
Distribution: Tibet (Hills north of Lhasa); India (Sikkim)
36 TIB 40 IND
species :
Bistorta ludlowii Yonek. & H.Ohashi; J. Jap. Bot. 76: 348 (2001)
Distribution: SE-Tibet
36 TIB
species :
Bistorta macrophylla (D.Don) Soják; Preslia 46(2): 152 (1974)
Distribution: China (Guizhou, ?Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; N-India (Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Garhwal); Myanmar (Chin)
36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND NEP 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta sphaerostachya (Meisn.) Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 (1904)
= Persicaria macrophylla (D.Don) Cubey; Hanburyana 1: 15 (2006)
= Polygonum gracillimum Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4: Cur. Post. 154 (1827)
= Polygonum macrophyllum D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 70 (1825)
= Polygonum macrophyllum f. tomentosum Kitam.; Fauna Fl. Nepal Himalaya 1: 117 (1955)
= Polygonum sphaerostachyum Meisn.; Monogr. Polyg. 53 (1826)
= Polygonum splendens Klotzsch; Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar [Klotzsch & Garcke] 136 (1862)
variant :
var. stenophylla (Meisn.) Miyam.; Bull. Nation. Sci. Mus., B (Tokyo) 26(3): 97 (2000)
Distribution: China (Gansu, ?Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, ?Yunnan); ?Tibet; Nepal
36 CHI 40 NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta stenophylla (Meisn.) Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 (1904)
= Polygonum macrophyllum var. stenophyllum (Meisn.) A.J.Li; Fl. Xizang. 1: 613 (1983)
= Polygonum stenophyllum Meisn.; Monogr. 52 (1826)
= Polygonum tenue D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 70 (1825)
species :
Bistorta manshuriensis (Petrov ex Kom.) Kom.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 6: 3 (1926)
Distribution: Russian Far East (Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye); China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol); North Korea; South Korea
31 RFE 36 CHI 38 KOR NKO
Synonyms: hidden
= Polygonum manshuriense Petrov ex Kom.; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 39: 55 (1923)
species :
Bistorta milletii H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 286 (1913)
Distribution: China (?Qinghai, S-Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Nepal; Bhutan
36 CHI 40 BHU NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta taipaishanensis (H.W.Kung) Yonek. & H.Ohashi; J. Jap. Bot. 72(3): 158 (1997)
= Persicaria milletii (H.Lév.) Cubey; Hanburyana 3: 81 (2008)
= Polygonum milletii (H.Lév.) H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 286 (1913), et Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan 207 (1916)
= Polygonum taipaishanense H.W.Kung; Chin. J. Bot. 1(1): 13, t. 3 (1936)
species :
Bistorta milletioides H.Ohba & S.Akiyama; Alpine Fl. Jaljale Himalaya, E. Nepal (Univ. Mus., Univ. Tokyo, Nat. & Cult., 4): 10 (1992)
Distribution: Nepal
40 NEP
species :
Bistorta ochotensis Kom.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 5: 687, 726 (1936)
Distribution: Russian Far East (Khabarovsk, Primorye); China (Jilin); North Korea
31 RFE 36 CHI 38 NKO
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta globispica Nakai; J. Jap. Bot. 14: 736 (1938)
= Polygonum bistorta subsp. ochotense (Petrov ex Kom.) Vorosch.; Florist. Issl. Razn. Raionakh S.S.S.R. [A.K.Skvortsov] 163 (1985)
= Polygonum globispicum (Nakai) C.W.Park; Gen. Vasc. Pl. Korea 347 (2007)
= Polygonum ochotense Petrov; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 5: 726 (1936)
species :
Bistorta officinalis Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 12 (1836)
subspecies :
subsp. officinalis
Name: Schlangen-Wiesenknöterich (DE), Meadow bistort (EN)
Distribution: England; Ireland [I]; Denmark [I]; Norway [I]; Sweden [I]; ?Finland; Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; Andorra; France; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; Greece (rare mountains of N-Greece, Rodopi); Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; N-European Russia; W-European Russia; Moldova; Ukraine; Crimea; Morocco; Siberia (Altai, Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, W-Siberia, Yakutia); Russian Far East (Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye); Kazakhstan; Armenia; Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq); Iran (Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran); China (Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Zhejiang); Mongolia; Pakistan (Kurram); Nepal; Bhutan; NW-India (Uttarakhand, Ladakh); USA [I] (Newfoundland [I], Nova Scotia [I], Maine [I], Massachusetts [I], Vermont [I])
10 den GRB ire nor swe 11 AUT BGM CZE GER HUN LIE LUX NET POL SLO SWI 12 ADO FRA POR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MNT NMA ROM SLV SRB 14 BLR EST KRY LAT LIT MLD RUS UKR 20 MOR 30 SIB 31 RFE 32 KAZ 33 ARM 34 IRN IRQ TUR 36 CHI 37 MON 40 BHU IND NEP PAK 72 cdn 75 usa
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta abbreviata Kom.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 5: 679, 724 (1936)
= Bistorta confusa (Meisn.) Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 (1904)
= Bistorta ensigera (Juz.) Tzvelev; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 25: 185 (1988)
= Bistorta lapidosa Kitag.; Rep. Inst. Sci. Res. Manchoukuo 2: 290 (1938)
= Bistorta major Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 267 (1821)
= Bistorta major subsp. cordifolia (Turcz.) Soják; Preslia 46(2): 152 (1974)
= Bistorta major subsp. ensigera (Juz.) Soják; Preslia 46(2): 152 (1974)
= Bistorta major var. ovata Nakai ex H.Hara; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 48: 890 (1934)
= Bistorta paleacea (Wall.) Yonek. & H.Ohashi; J. Jap. Bot. 72(3): 157 (1997)
= Bistorta paleacea Yonek. & H.Ohashi; J. Jap. Bot. 72: 157 (1997), nom. superfl.
= Bistorta subauriculata Kom.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 6: 4 (1926)
= Bistorta vulgaris Hill; Brit. Herb. [Hill] 488 (1756), opus utique oppr.
= Bistorta vulgaris var. nitens (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Nakai; Rigakkai 24: 295 (1926)
= Colubrina intorta Montandon; Friche-Joset, Syn. Fl. Jura 268 (1856)
= Persicaria bistorta (L.) Samp.; Herb. Portug. 41 (1913)
= Polygonon bistortum (L.) St.-Lag.; Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 113 (1880), orth. var.
= Polygonum abbreviatum Kom.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 5: 679, 724 (1936)
= Polygonum alopecuroides subsp. subauriculatum (Petrov ex Kom.) Vorosch.; Florist. Issl. Razn. Raionakh S.S.S.R. [A.K.Skvortsov] 163 (1985)
= Polygonum alpestre Schur; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 1: 290 (1861)
= Polygonum amoenum Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 258 (1796)
= Polygonum ampliusculum Gand.; Fl. Lyon. [Gandoger] 193 (1875)
= Polygonum bistorta f. albidum Zapal.; Rozpr. Wydz. Maternat.-Przyrodn. Akad. Umiejetn., Nauki Biolog., Dzial B, Serya III, 7B: 607 (1907)
= Polygonum bistorta f. macrophyllum Zapal.; Rozpr. Wydz. Maternat.-Przyrodn. Akad. Umiejetn., Nauki Biolog., Dzial B, Serya III, 7B: 606 (1907)
= Polygonum bistorta f. minus Zapal.; Rozpr. Wydz. Maternat.-Przyrodn. Akad. Umiejetn., Nauki Biolog., Dzial B, Serya III, 7B: 606 (1907)
= Polygonum bistorta f. pieninum Zapal.; Rozpr. Wydz. Maternat.-Przyrodn. Akad. Umiejetn., Nauki Biolog., Dzial B, Serya III, 7B: 607 (1907)
= Polygonum bistorta f. pseudocomosum Zapal.; Rozpr. Wydz. Maternat.-Przyrodn. Akad. Umiejetn., Nauki Biolog., Dzial B, Serya III, 7B: 606 (1907)
= Polygonum bistorta f. submersum Glück; Biol. Morphol. Untersuch. Wasser- Sumpfgewächse, Teil 3: 67 (1911)
= Polygonum bistorta L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 360 (1753)
= Polygonum bistorta subsp. cordifolium (Turcz.) Malyschev
= Polygonum bistorta subsp. subauriculatum (Petrov ex Kom.) Gubanov
= Polygonum bistorta var. angustifolium Roth; Enum. Pl. Phaen. Germ. 1(2): 181 (1827)
= Polygonum bistorta var. capitatum K.Koch; 196 (1849)
= Polygonum bistorta var. carpaticum Zapal.; Rozpr. Wydz. Maternat.-Przyrodn. Akad. Umiejetn., Nauki Biolog., Dzial B, Serya III, 7B: 607 (1907)
= Polygonum bistorta var. cordifolium Turcz.
= Polygonum bistorta var. czarnohorense Zapal.; Rozpr. Wydz. Maternat.-Przyrodn. Akad. Umiejetn., Nauki Biolog., Dzial B, Serya III, 7B: 608 (1907)
= Polygonum bistorta var. giewontianum Zapal.; Rozpr. Wydz. Maternat.-Przyrodn. Akad. Umiejetn., Nauki Biolog., Dzial B, Serya III, 7B: 607 (1907)
= Polygonum bistorta var. griseum Beck; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 6: 315 (1891)
= Polygonum bistorta var. latifolium Roth; Enum. Pl. Phaen. Germ. 1(2): 180 (1827)
= Polygonum bistorta var. maxima Uechtr.; 247 (1820)
= Polygonum bistorta var. tarnopoliense Zapal.; Rozpr. Wydz. Maternat.-Przyrodn. Akad. Umiejetn., Nauki Biolog., Dzial B, Serya III, 7B: 607 (1907)
= Polygonum bistortoides Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 5: 46 (1844), nom. illeg.
= Polygonum bistortum Dulac; Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 168 (1867), orth. var.
= Polygonum bourdinii Gand.; Dec. Pl. Nov. [Gandoger] 1: 20 (1875)
= Polygonum carthusianorum Gand.; Fl. Lyon. [Gandoger] 193 (1875)
= Polygonum confusum Meisn.; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 53 (1832)
= Polygonum cordifolium (Turcz.) Losinsk.; nom. illeg.
= Polygonum ensigerum Juz.; Spisok Rast. Gerb. Fl. S.S.S.R. Bot. Inst. Vsesojuzn. Akad. Nauk 14(81): 36 (1957)
= Polygonum lapidosum (Kitag.) Kitag.; Rep. Inst. Sci. Res. Manchoukuo 2: 290 (1930)
= Polygonum paleaceum Wall. ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 5(pt. 13): 32 (1886)
= Polygonum pilatense Gand.; Fl. Lyon. [Gandoger] 193 (1875)
= Polygonum subauriculatum Petrov ex Kom.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 6: 4 (1926)
subspecies :
subsp. japonica (H.Hara) Yonek.; Fl. Jap. (Iwatsuki et al., eds.) 2a: 145 (2006)
Distribution: Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)
38 JAP
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta major var. japonica H.Hara; J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 35 (1952)
= Polygonum bistorta subsp. japonicum (H.Hara) T.Shimizu; New Alp. Fl. Japan Color 2: 357 (1983)
subspecies :
subsp. pacifica (Petrov ex Kom.) Yonek.; Fl. Jap. (Iwatsuki et al., eds.) 2a: 144 (2006)
Distribution: Russian Far East (Khabarovsk, Primorye, Sakhalin); China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, ?Nei Mongol); North Korea
31 RFE 36 CHI 38 NKO
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta major var. ovata (Nakai ex H.Hara) H.Hara; J. Jap. Bot. 13: 382 (1937)
= Bistorta major var. pacifica (Petrov ex Kom.) H.Hara; J. Jap. Bot. 13: 382 (1937)
= Bistorta pacifica (Petrov ex Kom.) Kom. ex Nakai; J. Jap. Bot. 14: 738 (1938)
= Bistorta pacifica f. velutina Kitag.; J. Jap. Bot. 47(12): 354 (1972)
= Bistorta pacifica var. tomentella (Kom.) Tzvelev; Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal´nego Vostoka 4: 57 (1989)
= Bistorta ussuriensis (Regel) Kom.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 6: 2 (1926)
= Bistorta vulgaris var. ovata Nakai ex H.Hara; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 48: 890 (1934)
= Bistorta vulgaris var. pacifica (Petrov ex Kom.) Miyabe; J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 26: 508 (1934)
= Persicaria regeliana (Kom.) Cubey; Hanburyana 1: 15 (2006)
= Persicaria ussuriensis (Regel & Maack) Nakai; Enum. Pl. Corea 134 (1922)
= Polygonum bistorta subsp. pacificum (Petrov ex Kom.) Vorosch.; Florist. Issl. Razn. Raionakh S.S.S.R. [A.K.Skvortsov] 163 (1985)
= Polygonum bistorta var. ussuriense Regel; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 124 (1861)
= Polygonum pacificum f. velutinum (Kitag.) Kitag.; Neolin. Fl. Manshur. 229 (1979)
= Polygonum pacificum Petrov ex Kom.; Trudy Glavn. Bot. Sada 39: 55 (1923)
= Polygonum regelianum Kom.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 5: 683 (1936)
= Polygonum sagittatum var. ussuriense Regel & Maack; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4: 126 (1861)
= Polygonum ussuriense (Regel) Petrov ex Kom.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 6: 2 (1926) non Nakai (1922)
= Polygonum ussuriense f. tomentellum Kom.
= Polygonum ussuriensis (Regel & Maack) Nakai; Icon. Pl. Koisikav. 4: 49, t. 237 (1919) ex Mori
species :
Bistorta perpusilla (Hook.f.) Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 (1904)
Distribution: Nepal; Bhutan; N-India (Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Garhwal)
40 BHU IND NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Polygonum perpusillum Hook.f.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 15: t. 1490A (1885)
species :
Bistorta plumosa (Small) Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 18 (1904)
Distribution: Siberia (Yakutia); Russian Far East (Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan); Alaska; Canada (British Columbia, N. W. T., Yukon)
30 SIB 31 RFE 70 ASK CDN 71 CDN
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta major subsp. plumosa (Small) H.Hara; J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot., 6: 34 (1952)
= Bistorta plumosa (Small) D.Löve; Bot. Not. 109: 168 (1956), isonym
= Polygonum bistorta subsp. plumosum (Small) Hultén; Acta Univ. Lund., Ser. 2, 40, no. 1: 613 (1944)
= Polygonum bistorta var. plumosum (Small) B.Boivin; Naturaliste Canad. 93: 644 (1966)
= Polygonum plumosum Small; Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 2: 166 (1901)
species :
Bistorta purpureonervosa (A.J.Li) Yonek. & H.Ohashi; J. Jap. Bot. 72(3): 158 (1997)
Distribution: China (Sichuan)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Polygonum purpureonervosum A.J.Li; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 15(4): 416, f. 4 (1995)
species :
Bistorta rubra Yonek. & H.Ohashi; J. Jap. Bot. 74(6): 338 (1999)
Distribution: Nepal; N-India
40 IND NEP
species :
Bistorta sherei H.Ohba & S.Akiyama; Alpine Fl. Jaljale Himalaya, E. Nepal (Univ. Mus., Univ. Tokyo, Nat. & Cult., 4): 11 (1992)
Distribution: Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan
36 TIB 40 BHU NEP
species :
Bistorta sinomontana (Sam.) Miyam.; Bull. Nation. Sci. Mus., B (Tokyo) 25(4): 153 (1999)
Distribution: China (Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet
36 CHI TIB
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta amplexicaulis subsp. sinomontana (Sam.) Yonek. & H.Ohashi; J. Jap. Bot. 77(2): 73 (2002)
= Bistorta sinomontana var. pubifolia Miyam. & H.Ohba; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 30: 114 (2004)
= Persicaria amplexicaulis subsp. sinomontana (Sam.) J.D.Arm.; Hanburyana 7: 48 (2013)
= Polygonum sinomontanum Sam.; Hand.-Mazz. Symbolae Sinicae, Pt. 7, 177 (1929)
species :
Bistorta subscaposa Petrov; Bull. Jard. Bot. Princ. URSS 27: 230 (1928)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta taliensis (Lingelsh.) Petrov; Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 27: 231 (1928)
= Polygonum subscaposum Diels; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 261 (1912)
= Polygonum taliense Lingelsh.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 12: 359 (1922)
species :
Bistorta suffulta (Maxim.) Greene ex H.Gross; Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 23: 15 (1913)
Distribution: China (Anhui, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hunan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; South Korea; Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Bhutan; N-India (Sikkim)
36 CHI TIB 38 JAP KOR 40 BHU IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta amplexicaulis var. suffulta (Maxim.) S.S.Dash, Bhaumik & R.C.Srivast.; Fl. Pl. India Annot. Checkl. 2: 397 (2020)
= Bistorta constans (H.A.Cummins) Petrov; Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 27: 223 (1928)
= Bistorta franchetiana Petrov; Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 27: 224 (1928)
= Bistorta majanthemifolia Petrov; Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 27: 221 (1928)
= Polygonum amplexicaule var. suffultum (Maxim.) R.C.Srivast.; Indian J. Pl. Sci. (Jaipur) 3(2): 121 (2014)
= Polygonum constans H.A.Cummins; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1896: 20 (1896)
= Polygonum limprichtii Lingelsh.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 12: 359 (1922)
= Polygonum majanthemifolium (Petrov) Steward; Contr. Gray Herb., Ser. 2, 88: 32 (1930)
= Polygonum marretii H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 171 (1910)
= Polygonum suffulatum f. pubescens Hiyama; J. Jap. Bot. 17: 5 (1941)
= Polygonum suffultum Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 3, 22: 233 (1876)
= Polygonum suffultum var. tomentosum Bo Li & Shao F.Chen; J. Wuhan Bot. Res. 26(1): 38 (2008)
variant :
var. pergracilis (Hemsl.) comb.ined.
Distribution: China (Anhui, Gansu, Guizhou, ?Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet
36 CHI TIB
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta pergracilis (Hemsl.) H.Gross; Bull. Géogr. Bot. 23: 16 (1913)
= Bistorta pseudosuffulta Petrov; Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 27: 225 (1928)
= Bistorta suffulta subsp. pergracilis (Hemsl.) Soják; Preslia 46(2): 152 (1974)
= Fagopyrum hailuogouense J.R.Shao, M.L.Zhou & Qian Zhang; Novon 24: 222 (2015)
= Polygonum pergracile Hemsl.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26: 344 (pergracilis) (1891)
= Polygonum suffultum var. pergracile (Hemsl.) Sam.; Hand.-Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7: 176 (1929)
variant :
var. suffultoides (A.J.Li) Yonek. & H.Ohashi; J. Jap. Bot. 79(4): 221 (2004)
Distribution: China (NW-Yunnan)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Polygonum suffultoides A.J.Li; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 15: 415 (1995)
species :
Bistorta tenuicaulis (Bisset & S.Moore) Nakai; Sci. World (Chungking & Nanking) 24(4): 7, 295 (1926)
Distribution: South Korea; Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)
38 JAP KOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta tenuicaulis var. nanum (Matsum. & Nakai) Nakai; Rigakkai 24: 295 (1926)
= Persicaria tenuicaulis (Bisset & S.Moore) Cubey; Hanburyana 1: 15 (2006)
= Polygonum bistorta var. nanum Meisn.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 61 (1865)
= Polygonum tenuicaule Bisset & S.Moore; J. Bot. 16: 135 (1878)
= Polygonum tenuicaule var. nanum Matsum. & Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 153 (1908)
variant :
var. chionophila Yonek. & H.Ohashi; J.,Jap. Bot. 73(1): 7 (1998)
Distribution: Japan
38 JAP
species :
Bistorta tenuifolia (H.W.Kung) Miyam. & H.Ohba; J. Jap. Bot. 80(5): 280 (2005)
Distribution: China (Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Nepal; India (Uttarakhand)
36 CHI 40 IND NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta tenuifolia var. gidarensis I.D.Rai, G.Singh & G.S.Rawat; Phytotaxa 92(1): 14 (2013)
= Bistorta vivipara var. angustum A.J.Li; Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 11(4): 351 (1991)
= Polygonum tenuifolium H.W.Kung; Contr. Inst. Bot. Natl. Acad. Peiping 3: 367 (1935) (not Stephan ex Ledeb. 1850
= Polygonum viviparum var. tenuifolium (H.W.Kung) Y.L.Liu; J. N. W. Teachers´ Coll. (Nat. Sci.) 1987(3): 45 (1987)
species :
Bistorta tubistipulis Miyam. & H.Ohba; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 28(4): 143 (2002)
Distribution: China (Sichuan); Tibet
36 CHI TIB
species :
Bistorta vacciniifolia (Wall. ex Meisn.) Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 (1904)
Distribution: Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; N-India (Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim)
36 TIB 40 BHU IND NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Persicaria vacciniifolia (Wall. ex Meisn.) Ronse Decr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 98(4): 368 (1988)
= Polygonum vaccinifolium Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 1695 (1830), et Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 54 (1832)
= Polygonum vacciniifolium var. flagelliforme Meisn.; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 54 (1832)
= Polygonum vacciniifolium var. medium Meisn.; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 54 (1832)
= Polygonum vacciniifolium var. obtusifolium Meisn.; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 54 (1832)
= Polygonum vacciniifolium Wall. ex Meisn.; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 54 (1832)
species :
Bistorta vivipara (L.) Delarbre; Fl. Auvergne, ed. 2. 2: 516 (1800)
Name: Knöllchen-Wiesenknöterich (DE), Alpine bistort (EN)
Distribution: Iceland; Jan Mayen; Svalbard; Faeroe Isl.; England; Ireland; +Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen [I]); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Slovakia; Spain; Andorra; France; Corsica; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; ?Bulgaria; ?N-Greece; Estonia; Latvia; +Lithuania; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; N-European Russia; W-European Russia; Ukraine; Siberia (Altai, Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, W-Siberia, Yakutia); Russian Far East (Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Isl., Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin); Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Afghanistan (Badakshan, Wakhan, Kunar / Nuristan, Parwan); China (Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan); Tibet; Mongolia; North Korea; Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu); Pakistan (Chitral, Swat, Hazara Pamirs, Gilgit, Baltistan); Nepal; Bhutan; N-India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Dras); Myanmar (Kachin); Alaska; Greenland; Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Labrador, N. W. T., Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon); St. Pierre and Miquelon; USA (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington State, Wyoming)
10 DEN FIN FOR GRB ICE IRE JMY NOR SVA SWE 11 AUT GER LIE POL SLO SWI 12 ADO COR FRA SPA 13 ALB BIH CRO ITA KOS MNT NMA ROM SLV SRB 14 EST LAT LIT RUS UKR 30 SIB 31 RFE 32 KAZ KGZ TZK 33 GEO NCS 34 AFG 36 CHI TIB 37 MON 38 JAP NKO 40 BHU IND NEP PAK 41 MYA 70 ASK CDN GNL 71 CDN 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta americana Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 12 (1837)
= Bistorta bulbifera (Royle ex Bab.) Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 (1904)
= Bistorta insularis (Maximova) Soják; Cas. Nár. Muz. Praze, Rada Prír. 150(3-4): 137 (1981 publ. 1982)
= Bistorta littoralis Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 19 (1904)
= Bistorta macounii (Small ex Macoun) Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 18 (1904)
= Bistorta ophioglossa Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 19 (1904)
= Bistorta scopulina Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 20 (1904)
= Bistorta vivipara (L.) Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 268 (1821), isonym
= Bistorta vivipara (L.) L.; Fornander, 8 (1753), nom. inval.
= Bistorta vivipara f. ramosa Nakai; Rep. Veg. Kamik. 39 (1928)
= Bistorta vivipara f. roessleri (Beck) Kitag.; Lin. Fl. Manshur. 176 (1939)
= Bistorta vivipara subsp. fugax (Small) Soják; Preslia 46(2): 152 (1974)
= Bistorta vivipara subsp. macounii (Small ex Macoun) Soják; Preslia 46: 152 (1974)
= Bistorta vivipara var. alpina Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 268 (1821 publ. 1822)
= Bistorta vivipara var. angustifolia Nakai; J. Jap. Bot. 14: 740 (1938)
= Bistorta vivipara var. roessleri (Beck) F.Maek.; J. Jap. Bot. 11: 672 (1935)
= Colubrina vivipara (L.) Montandon; Friche-Joset, Syn. Fl. Jura 268 (1856)
= Persicaria americana (Meisn.) Ohki; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 55 (1926)
= Persicaria sagittata var. americana (Meisn.) Miyabe; J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 26(4): 520 (1934)
= Persicaria vivipara (L.) Ronse Decr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 98: 368 (1988)
= Polygonum angustifolium D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 70 (1825), nom. illeg.
= Polygonum blancheanum Gand.; Fl. Lyon. [Gandoger] 193 (1875)
= Polygonum bracteatum Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4: Cur. Post. 154 (1827)
= Polygonum bulbiferum Royle ex Bab.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 18: 94 (1838)
= Polygonum camptostachys Gand.; Fl. Lyon. [Gandoger] 193 (1875)
= Polygonum chevrolatii Gand.; Fl. Lyon. [Gandoger] 193 (1875)
= Polygonum fugax Small; Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 2: 167 (1901)
= Polygonum insulare Maximova; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 15: 142 (1979), nom. illeg.
= Polygonum littorale (Greene) Fedde; Bot. Jahresber. [Just] 32(1): 415 (1905), nom. illeg.
= Polygonum macounii Small ex Macoun; Fur Seals Fur Seal Islands N. Pacific Ocean 3: 570 (1899)
= Polygonum proliferum Houtt.; Nat. Hist. II. 8: 461 (1777)
= Polygonum renii L.C.Wang; Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 18(3): 457 (1998)
= Polygonum sagittatum var. americanum Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14: 132 (1856)
= Polygonum scopulinum (Greene) Fedde; Bot. Jahresber. [Just] 32(1): 415 (1905)
= Polygonum viviparum f. alpinum (Wahlenb.) Polunin; Bull. Natl. Mus. Canada 92: 177 (1940)
= Polygonum viviparum f. elatior Kurtz; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 403 (1894)
= Polygonum viviparum f. grandiflorum Zapal.; Rozpr. Wydz. Maternat.-Przyrodn. Akad. Umiejetn., Nauki Biolog., Dzial B, Serya III, 7B: 609 (1907)
= Polygonum viviparum f. linearifolium J.Q.Fu; Fl. Loess-Plat. Sin. 1: 610 (2000), contrary to Art. 37.5 ICBN (1994)
= Polygonum viviparum f. nanum Bolzon; Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1910: 74 (1910)
= Polygonum viviparum f. pusillum Kurtz; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 403 (1894)
= Polygonum viviparum f. ramosum (Nakai) T.Shimizu; New Alp. Fl. Japan in Color 2: 357 (1983)
= Polygonum viviparum f. roessleri Beck; Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 24: 84 (1907)
= Polygonum viviparum f. subcordatum Zapal.; Rozpr. Wydz. Maternat.-Przyrodn. Akad. Umiejetn., Nauki Biolog., Dzial B, Serya III, 7B: 608 (1907)
= Polygonum viviparum f. variabile Zapal.; Rozpr. Wydz. Maternat.-Przyrodn. Akad. Umiejetn., Nauki Biolog., Dzial B, Serya III, 7B: 609 (1907)
= Polygonum viviparum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 360 (1753)
= Polygonum viviparum var. alpinum Wahlenb.; Fl. Lapp. 99 (1812)
= Polygonum viviparum var. capitatum Torr.; Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 34 (1823)
= Polygonum viviparum var. macounii (Small ex Macoun) Hultén; Acta Univ. Lund., Ser. 2, 40(1): 623 (1944)
= Polygonum viviparum var. pseudobistorta J.Rousseau; Naturaliste Canad. 69: 99 (1942)
= Polygonum viviparum var. ramiflorum L.Villar; Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 44: 185 (1987)
= Polygonum viviparum var. subacaule Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 271 (1813)
= Polygonum viviparum var. tatrense Zapal.; Rozpr. Wydz. Maternat.-Przyrodn. Akad. Umiejetn., Nauki Biolog., Dzial B, Serya III, 7B: 609 (1907)
species :
Bistorta yunnanensis H.Gross; Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 23: 19 (1913)
Distribution: China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan); NE-India (Assam, Meghalaya); Bangladesh; N-Thailand; Laos
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Synonyms: hidden
= Bistorta chinensis H.Gross; Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 23: 18 (1913)
= Polygonum paleaceum var. pubifolium Sam.; Hand.-Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7: 174 (1929)
= Polygonum yunnanense (H.Gross) H.Lév.; Cal. Pl. Yunnan, 208 (1916), nom. illeg.
species :
Bistorta ×rhaetica (Brügger ex Beck) Dostál; Folia Mus. Rerum Nat. Bohemiae Occid., Bot. 21: 5 (1984)
Distribution: Europe
Remarks: Bistorta major x vivipara
Synonyms: hidden
= Polygonum ×rhaeticum Brügger; Jahresb. Naturf. Ges. Graub. II. xxiii-xxiv. 115 (1880)
= Persicaria ×rhaetica (Brügger) B.Bock; Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest 42: 264 (2011 publ. 2012)
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