Polygonaceae

Oxyria Hill

First published in Veg. Syst. 10: 24 (1765)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Arizona, Austria, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Montana, Nepal, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Oregon, Pakistan, Poland, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, South Dakota, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

  • Donia R.Br. in Voy. Explor. Baffin's Bay, App.: xli (1819)

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Schuster, T.M., Reveal, J.L., Bayly, M.J. & Kron, K.A. (2015). An updated molecular phylogeny of Polygonoideae (Polygonaceae): relationships of Oxygonum, Pteroxygonum, and Rumex, and a new circumscription of Koenigia. Taxon 64: 1188-1208.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1726] India K001113996 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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