Polygonaceae
Persicaria

Persicaria nepalensis (Meisn.) H.Gross

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 277 (1913)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Russian Far East. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is has environmental uses and social uses, as animal food and a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Assam, Burundi, Cameroon, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Qinghai, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Belgium, British Columbia, Colombia, Connecticut, Ecuador, Florida, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, New York, Pennsylvania, Poland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Adolphy, K. & al. (2021). Beiträge zur Flora Nordhein-Westfalens aus dem Jahr 2020. Jahrbuch des Bochumer Botanischen Vereins 12: 199-278.
  • Akeroyd, J.R. (2013). Docks and Knotweeds of Britain and Ireland: 1-258. Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2005). Flora of North America North of Mexico 5: 1-656. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1983). Flora of Bhutan 1(1): 1-186. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Japan IIa: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Kowalczyk, T., Pliszko, A. & Drobniak, S.M. (2014). Persicaria nepalensis (Polygonaceae), a new potential invasive anthropophyte in the Polish flora. Polish Botanical Journal 59: 255-261.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
  • Park, C.W. (ed.) (2018). Flora of Korea 3: 1-131. National Institute of Biological Resources.
  • Pope, G.V., Polhill, R.M. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2006). Flora Zambesiaca 9(3): 1-277. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Qaiser, M. (2001). Flora of Pakistan 205: 1-190. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2021). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 3: 1-331. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akeroyd, J.R. (2013). Docks and Knotweeds of Britain and Ireland: 1-258. Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Chayamarit, K. & Balslev, H. (2018). Flora of Thailand 14(1): 1-184. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Choudhary, R.K., Srivastava, R.C., Das, A.K. & Lee, J. (2012). Floristic diversity assessment and vegetation analysis of Upper Siang district of eastern Himalaya in North East India. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 42: 222-246.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2005). Flora of North America North of Mexico 5: 1-656. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Japan IIa: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1989). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 4: 1-380. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Kowalczyk, T., Pliszko, A. & Drobniak, S.M. (2014). Persicaria nepalensis (Polygonaceae), a new potential invasive anthropophyte in the Polish flora. Polish Botanical Journal 59: 255-261.
  • 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.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  • Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Ovczinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1968). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 3: 1-710. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) in Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2012). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 3(2): 1-623. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1978). Flora du Rwanda 1: 1-413. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2003). Flora of China 5: 1-505. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • Cámara-Leret, R., & Dennehy, Z. (2019). Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments. Nature Sustainability 2:736-741.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2018 Argent, G. [92439] Indonesia K000342429 No
Jan 1, 2018 Cruttwell [2254] Papua New Guinea K000342430 No
Oct 1, 2009 van Heist, M. [570] Uganda K000545487 No
Jun 1, 2008 Katende, T.; Sheil, D. [667] Uganda K000545488 No
Ruhsam, M. [DMR387] United Kingdom K001873103 No
Cable S.; Asonganyi; Showacre; Hannalore; Moropane [2983] Cameroon K000609620 Yes
Cable S.; Ami Sui; Ernest; Peter; Asonganyi; Showa [3077] Cameroon K000609616 Yes
Bünnemeyer, H.A.B. [9109] Indonesia K000831155 Unknown Type Material Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [Cat. no. s.n.] India Polygonum perforatum K001132893 Unknown Type Material Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [Cat. no. s.n.] India Polygonum perforatum K001132892 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1700] Nepal Polygonum perforatum K001113904 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1700] Nepal Polygonum perforatum K001113903 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13532] Cameroon Polygonum nepalense K000580335 No
Nov 1, 2003 Ghogue, J.-P. [70] Cameroon Polygonum nepalense K000198109 No
Nov 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [1641] Cameroon Polygonum nepalense K000198106 No
Nov 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [8890] Cameroon Polygonum nepalense K000198108 No
Nov 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [9451] Cameroon Polygonum nepalense K000198107 No
Feb 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [4603] Cameroon Polygonum nepalense K000746944 No
Jun 1, 1999 Buzgo, M. [596] Cameroon Polygonum nepalense K000746945 No
Jun 1, 1999 Kamundi, D. [690] Cameroon Polygonum nepalense K000746948 No
May 1, 1999 Kamundi, D. [723] Cameroon Polygonum nepalense K000746947 No
May 1, 1999 Cheek, M. [8461] Cameroon Polygonum nepalense K000746968 No
May 1, 1999 Zapfack, L. [871] Cameroon Polygonum nepalense K000746946 No
May 1, 1999 Cheek, M. [8687] Cameroon Polygonum nepalense K000746949 No
Gerard, P. [Cat. no. 1701] India Polygonum nepalense K001113906 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 1701] India Polygonum nepalense K001113907 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1701] Nepal Polygonum nepalense K001113905 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 1701] India Polygonum nepalense K001113908 Unknown Type Material Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [Cat. no. s.n.] India Polygonum nepalense K001132891 Unknown Type Material Yes

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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