Polygonaceae
Persicaria

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.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/168931/1254478

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
barbasco
[UNAL]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Caribbean. Elevation range: 6–1000 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Córdoba, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Herb, Subshrub.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, wetlands (inland).
[UPFC]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
A stout herb erect from a decumbent and rooting base, glabrous throughout
Morphology Leaves
Leaves lanceolate, mostly 5–11 cm long, acuminate at both ends, densely glandular-punctate; ocreae loose, truncate, 1.3–2 cm long, the upper part deciduous from a cup-shaped base
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes continuous, 3–7 cm long, loosely but densely flowered, arranged in terminal panicles; perianth pink in bud, opening white, ca. 3 mm long, glandular-punctate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achene orbicular-biconvex, apiculate, ca. 2 mm long, lustrous black.
Distribution
Grand Cayman. Pantropical.
Ecology
In moist situations, the Cayman plants often in Typha swamps and in seasonally flooded pastures.
[Cayman]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 6 - 1000 m.; Llanura del Caribe, Valle del Cauca.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba, subarbusto
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Uses

Use Food
Used for food.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Common Names

unknown
lidjes gras

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0