Polygonum nepalense Meisn.

First published in Monogr. Polyg.: 84 (1826)
This name is a synonym of Persicaria nepalensis

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • 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. [Cited as Persicaria nepalensis.]
  • Park, C.W. (ed.) (2018). Flora of Korea 3: 1-131. National Institute of Biological Resources. [Cited as Persicaria nepalensis.]
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics. [Cited as Persicaria nepalensis.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press. [Cited as Polygonum nepalense.]

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • 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

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Monogr. Polygon. 84 (1826)
  • Steward in Contrib. Gray Herb. Harv. 88: 74 (1930).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 140 (1954).
  • Meisn., Monogr. Polygon.: 84 (1826).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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/
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