Polygonum polygamum Vent.
First published in Descr. Pl. Nouv.: t. 65 (1802)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. U.S.A. to Texas. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Polygonella polygama (Vent.) Engelm. & A.Gray in Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 231 (1845)
- Tragopyrum polygamum (Vent.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 251 (1825)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2005). Flora of North America North of Mexico 5: 1-656. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images