Polygonaceae
Persicaria

Persicaria odorata (Lour.) Soják

First published in Preslia 46: 154 (1974)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. China to Peninsula Malaysia and Temp. E. Asia. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Great Britain

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Yonekura, K. (2012). Notes on Polygonaceae in Japan and its adjacent regions (II). The Journal of Japanese Botany 87: 151-168.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Yonekura, K. (2012). Notes on Polygonaceae in Japan and its adjacent regions (II). The Journal of Japanese Botany 87: 151-168.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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