Polygonaceae

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 Russia, 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 Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, 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

Classification

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Publications

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.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1974 Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K000830375 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Duthie, J.F. [4362] India K000830377 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [43] India K000830374 Isotype Yes
Edgeworth, M.P. [31] India K000830376 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kingdon Ward, F. [8615] India Rubrivena K000831138 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Forrest, G. [6296] China Aconogonon K000831207 Isolectotype Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M.C [1989-0387] Russia Aconogonon K000696524 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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