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Taxon: Polygonum perfoliatum L.

Synonym of Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross

Genus: Polygonum
Family: Polygonaceae
Nomen number: 29263
Place of publication: Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:1006. 1759
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 23-Aug-2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 12-Sep-2005
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

THIS NAME HAS BEEN USED FOR A SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
Has been used for a declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents (see accepted name for other GRIN data):
AL*, CT*, MA*, NC*, OH*, PA*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.

Economic importance:


References:

  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
  • Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. (F Bhutan)
  • Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
  • Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
  • Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi) [accepts].
  • Oliver, J. D. 1996. Mile-a-minute weed (Polygonum perfoliatum L.), an invasive vine in natural and disturbed sites. Castanea 61:244–251. [accepts].
  • Park, C.-W. 1988. Taxonomy of Polygonum section Echinocaulon (Polygonaceae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 47:22–25. [accepts].
  • Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec) [accepts].
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng) [accepts].
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Check other databases for Polygonum perfoliatum L.:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?29263 (09 February 2010)

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