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Persicaria

The genus Persicaria is in the family Polygonaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Persicaria

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Persicaria acre M. Gómez Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria acris (Kunth) M.Gómez Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria acris Gray Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria acuminata (Kunth) M.Gómez Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria aestiva Ohki Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria agrestis Migo Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria alismifolia Greene Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria alpina (All.) H.Gross Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria amblyophylla H.Hara Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria americana Ohki Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria amphibia (L.) Delarbre Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Persicaria amplexicaulis (D.Don) Ronse Decr. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria andrewsii Greene Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria aphyllum Krock. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria araraticum Kom. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria arcuata (Greene) Greene Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria arifolia (L.) Haraldson Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria attenuata (R. Br.) Soják Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria auriculata (Meisn.) S.K.Dixit, Datt & G.P.Roy Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria auriculata (Makino) Masam. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria barbata (L.) H.Hara Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Persicaria belophylla (Litv. ex Grigorjev) Kitag. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria × bicolor (Borbás) Soják Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria bicornis (Raf.) Nieuwl. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria bioritsuensis (Ohki) Ohki ex Nakai Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria birmanica (Gage) S.S.Dash & P.Singh Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria bistorta (L.) Samp. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria brachypoda (Baker) Galasso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria × brauniana (F.W.Schultz) Soják Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria bungeana (Turcz.) Nakai Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria caespitosa (Blume) Nakai Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria campanulata (Hook.f.) Ronse Decr. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria capitata (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Gross Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria carictorum Nieuwl. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria chinensis (L.) H. Gross Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria clarkei (C.W.Park) Galasso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria cliopolitana (Hance) Yonekura & H. Ohashi Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria × condensata (F.W.Schultz) Soják Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria conspersum Meisn. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria coriacea (Sam.) Cubey Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria covillei Greene Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria cygnea Greene Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria decipiens (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Persicaria dichotoma (Blume) Masam. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria donii (Meisn.) Nakai Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria dshawachischwilii (Kharkev.) Cubey Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria dubia (Stein ex A. Br.) Fourr. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria eciliata M.A.Hassan Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria emersa Cockerell ex Daniels Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria emersa Small Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria emodi (Meisn.) Cubey Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria erectominus (Makino) Nakai Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria extremiorientalis (Vorosch.) Tzvelev Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria fallax Greene Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria × fennica (Reiersen) Stace Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria ferruginea (Wedd.) Soják Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria fischeri Opiz Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria fluitans Greene Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria foliosa (H.Lindb.) Kitag. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria galapagensis (Caruel) Galasso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria glabra (Willd.) M.Gómez Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria glandulopilosa (De Wild.) Soják Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria glomerata (Dammer) S.Ortiz & Paiva Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria granulata Greene Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria greuteriana Galasso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria griffithii (Hook.f.) Cubey Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria × hervieri (Beck) Soják Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria hirsuta (Walter) Small Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria hispida (Kunth) M.Gómez Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria hosseusii H.Lév. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria hybrida (Chaub.) Soják Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria × hybridum (Chaub. ex St.-Amans) Soják Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria hydropiper (L.) Delarbre Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Persicaria hydropiperoides (Michx.) Small Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria hystricula (J.Schust.) Soják Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria incarnata Small Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria × intercedens (Beck) Soják Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria iowensis Rydb. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria koreana Nakai Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria krugii H.Gross & Loes. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria × langeana (Rouy) Holub Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria lanigera (R.Br.) Soják Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) Delarbre Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria laxiflora Nakai Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria laxmannii (Lepech.) H.Gross Accepted L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria × lenticularis (Hy) Soják Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria lii Kitag. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria limbata (Meisn.) H.Hara Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria limbata Hara) 1 Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria longiflora (Courchet) Borodina Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria longiseta (Bruijn) Kitag. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria ludoviciana Greene Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria macrantha (Meisn.) Haraldson Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria macrophylla (D.Don) Cubey Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria maculata (Raf.) Gray Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria maculosa Gray Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria madagascariensis (Meisn.) S.Ortiz & Paiva Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria makinoi Nakai Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria malaica (Danser) Galasso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria maximowiczii Nakai Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria meisneriana (Cham. & Schltdl.) M. Gómez Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria mesomorpha (Danser) Büscher & G.H.Loos Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria minor (Huds.) Opiz Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria minutiflora Nakai Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria minutula Nakai Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria mitis (Schrank) Holub Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria musashinoensis Hiyama Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria nakaii (H.Hara) Cubey Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria natans (Michx.) Moldenke Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Persicaria nebrascensis Greene Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria nepalensis (Meisn.) Miyabe Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria nikaii (Makino) Nakai Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria nogueirae S.Ortiz & Paiva Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria obtusifolia (Täckh. & Boulos) Greuter & Burdet Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria oreophila (Makino) Hiyama Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria pallida (With.) Büscher & G.H.Loos Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria panjutinii (Kharkev.) Cubey Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria paradoxa (H.Lév.) Kantachot Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria paraguayensis (Wedd.) S.T. Kim & Donoghue Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria pennsylvanica Small Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria pensylvanica (L.) M. Gómez Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria perforata (Meisn.) H.Gross Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria persicaria Small Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria piripu (DC.) M.R.Almeida Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria poiretii (Meisn.) K.L. Wilson Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria polystachya Opiz Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria propinqua Greene Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria prostrata (R.Br.) Soják Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria pseudojaponica (Ohki) Ohki ex Nakai Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria × pseudolapathum (Schur) D.H.Kent Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria pulchra (Blume) Soják Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria pulicariodes Montandon Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria pumila Montandon Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria punctata (Elliott) Small Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria puritanorum (Fernald) Soják Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria ramosa Nakai Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria regeliana (Kom.) Cubey Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria rigidula Greene Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria robusta (Makino) Yong J.Li Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria robustior (Small) E.P. Bicknell Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria rubricaulis (Cham.) Galasso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria ruderalis (Salisb.) C.F.Reed Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria sagittata (L.) H.Gross Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria sambesiaca (J.Schust.) Soják Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria satsumensis Nakai Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria × schroeteriana (Danser) Soják Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria segetum (Kunth) Small Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria senegalensis (Meisn.) Soják Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Persicaria sericea H.Gross Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria setacea (Baldwin) Small Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria setosula (A.Rich.) K.L.Wilson Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria sinuata (Royle ex Bab.) Rajbh. & R.Joshi Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria spectabilis Greene Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria spectabilis M.Gómez Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria stagnina (Buch.-Ham. ex Meisn.) Qaiser Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria stellatotomentosa (W.W.Sm. & Ramaswami) Nakai Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria stelligera (Cham.) Galasso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria stricta (All.) M.R.Almeida Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria strigosa (R.Br.) Nakai Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria strindbergii (J.Schust.) Galasso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria × subglandulosa (Borbás) Soják Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria subsessilis (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria taitoinsularis (Masam.) Yonek. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria tanaophylla Nieuwl. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria tenella (Blume) H. Hara Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria tenuicaulis (Bisset & S.Moore) Cubey Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria tibetica Rendle Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria tinctoria (Aiton) H.Gross Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria triangularis Nakai Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria trigonocarpa (Makino) Nakai Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria tripterocarpa (A.Gray ex Rothr.) Ronse Decr. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria truellum (Koidz.) Honda Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria turgida (Thuill.) Holub Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria umbrosa (Sam.) Galasso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria utriculosa (Tikovsky) Soják Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria virginiana (L.) Gaertn. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Persicaria vivipara (L.) Ronse Decr. Accepted L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria wallichii Greuter & Burdet Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria weyrichii (F.Schmidt) H.Gross Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Persicaria × wilmsii (Beck) Soják Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 477 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Persicaria. Of these 66 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 199 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Persicaria. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 477 species names for the genus Persicaria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
◕ Accepted 66 13.8%
◕ Synonym 254 53.2%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 157 32.9%

All names

The status of the 676 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Persicaria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
◕ Accepted 71 10.5%
◕ Synonym 442 65.4%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 163 24.1%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 477 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Persicaria, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 64 242 0 0 306 64.2%
Low confidence 2 12 0 157 171 35.8%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Persicaria is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 23 104 0 6 0 133 27.9%
WCSP (in review) 43 150 0 151 0 344 72.1%