Persicaria glabra (Willd.) M.Gómez

First published in Anales Inst. Segunda Enseñ. 2: 278 (1896)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is New World, Central African Republic to Arabian Peninsula, Tropical & Subtropical Asia. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

French Guiana

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Central African Republic, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Cuba, Delaware, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Jamaica, Jawa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Myanmar, Nepal, New Jersey, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Yemen

Introduced into:

Cook Is., Great Britain, Hawaii, Indiana, Nansei-shoto, Northern Territory, Queensland, Society Is., South Australia, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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Kew Backbone Distributions

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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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