- Family:
- Polygonaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Bistorta (L.) Scop.
Bistorta vivipara (L.) Delarbre

Native to:
Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nepal, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon
Extinct in:
Denmark
- Bistorta americana Raf.
- Bistorta bulbifera (Royle ex Bab.) Greene
- Bistorta insularis Soják
- Bistorta littoralis Greene
- Bistorta macounii (Small ex Macoun) Greene
- Bistorta ophioglossa Greene
- Bistorta scopulina Greene
- Bistorta vivipara subsp. fugax (Small) Soják
- Bistorta vivipara subsp. macounii (Small ex Macoun) Soják
- Persicaria americana (Meisn.) Ohki
- Persicaria vivipara (L.) Ronse Decr.
- Polygonum angustifolium D.Don
- Polygonum blancheanum Gand.
- Polygonum bracteatum Spreng.
- Polygonum bulbiferum Royle ex Bab.
- Polygonum camptostachys Gand.
- Polygonum chevrolatii Gand.
- Polygonum fugax Small
- Polygonum littorale (Greene) Fedde
- Polygonum macounii Small ex Macoun
- Polygonum proliferum Houtt.
- Polygonum renii L.C.Wang
- Polygonum sagittatum var. americanum Meisn.
- Polygonum scopulinum (Greene) Fedde
- Polygonum viviparum L.
- Polygonum viviparum f. alpinum (Wahlenb.) Polunin
- Polygonum viviparum var. alpinum Wahlenb.
- Polygonum viviparum var. capitatum Torr.
- Polygonum viviparum f. elatior Kurtz
- Polygonum viviparum f. linearifolium J.Q.Fu
- Polygonum viviparum var. macounii (Small ex Macoun) Hultén
- Polygonum viviparum var. pseudobistorta J.Rousseau
- Polygonum viviparum f. pusillum Kurtz
- Polygonum viviparum var. ramiflorum L.Villar
- Polygonum viviparum f. ramosum (Nakai) T.Shimizu
- Polygonum viviparum var. subacaule Pursh
Bistorta vivipara (L.) Delarbre appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Burtt, B.L., United Kingdom | Polygonum viviparum | 32030.000 | No | ||
Strachey, R. [Cat. no. s.n.] | Polygonum viviparum | K001132875 | Yes | ||
Strachey, R. [Cat. no. s.n.], India | Polygonum viviparum | K001132874 | Yes | ||
Strachey, R. [Cat. no. s.n.], India | Polygonum viviparum | K001132872 | Yes |
First published in Fl. Auvergne, ed. 2, 2: 516 (1800)
Accepted by
- Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
- Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
- Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2005). Flora of North America North of Mexico 5: 1-656. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1983). Flora of Bhutan 1(1): 1-186. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
- Gubanov, I.A. & al. (2013). Illiustrirovannyi opredelitel rastenii Srednei Rossii, ed. 2, 2: 1-664. KMK Scientific Press, Moskva.
- Jonsell, B. (ed.) (2000). Flora Nordica 1: 1-344. The Bergius Foundaton.
- Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1989). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 4: 1-380. Nauka, Leningrad.
- Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
- Krasnoborov, I.M. & Malyshev, L.I. (2003). Flora of Siberia 5: 1-305. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- Lidén, M. & Bharali, P. (2020). Flowers of the Se La: 1-135. Uppsula University, Sweden.
- Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://www.newfoundland-labradorflora.com/checklist/.
- Ovczinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1968). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 3: 1-710. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
- Park, C.W. (ed.) (2018). Flora of Korea 3: 1-131. National Institute of Biological Resources.
- Qaiser, M. (2001). Flora of Pakistan 205: 1-190. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
- Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) in Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2012). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 3(2): 1-623. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
Not accepted by
- Akeroyd, J.R. (2013). Docks and Knotweeds of Britain and Ireland: 1-258. Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. [Cited as Persicaria vivipara.]
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
- Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
- Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2005). Flora of North America North of Mexico 5: 1-656. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1983). Flora of Bhutan 1(1): 1-186. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
- Gubanov, I.A. & al. (2013). Illiustrirovannyi opredelitel rastenii Srednei Rossii, ed. 2, 2: 1-664. KMK Scientific Press, Moskva.
- Hultén, E.O.G. (1960). Flora of the Aleutian Islands and westernmost Alaska Peninsula: with notes on the flora of Commander Islands, ed. 2: 1-376. Weinheim : J. Cramer ; New York : Hafner Pub. Co.
- Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1989). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 4: 1-380. Nauka, Leningrad.
- Krasnoborov, I.M. & Malyshev, L.I. (2003). Flora of Siberia 5: 1-305. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
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- Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://www.newfoundland-labradorflora.com/checklist/.
- Nikolin, E.G. (2013). Conspectus florae resource rezervat "Suntar-Hayata" republic Sakha (Yakutia) Rastitel'nyj mir Aziatskoj Rossii 1(11): 47-57.
- Ovczinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1968). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 3: 1-710. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
- Qaiser, M. (2001). Flora of Pakistan 205: 1-190. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
- Rechinger, K.H. & Schiman-Czeika, H. (1968). Flora Iranica 56: 1-88. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
- Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) in Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2012). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 3(2): 1-623. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
- Tupitsyna, N.N. (2012). Revision of Polygonaceae Juss. in the flora of southern part of Krasnoyarsk region Turczaninowia 15(2): 44-48.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2003). Flora of China 5: 1-505. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
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