Koenigia L.

First published in Mant. Pl.: 3 (1767)
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, Amur, Argentina South, Assam, Austria, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Corse, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Malaya, Manchuria, Manitoba, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nepal, Nevada, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Introduced into:

Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Massachusetts, Mexico Gulf, Netherlands, Newfoundland, Poland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

  • Macounastrum Small in N.L.Britton & A.Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 1: 541 (1896), nom. superfl.

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • 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:

Sources

  • 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 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 2023. 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