Koenigia tortuosa (D.Don) T.M.Schust. & Reveal
First published in Taxon 64: 1203 (2015)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. & E. Afghanistan to Himalaya and Tibet. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Aconogonon tortuosum (D.Don) H.Hara in Fl. E. Himal.: 632 (1966)
- Pleuropteropyrum tortuosum (D.Don) Munshi & Javeid in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot., Addit. Ser. 2: 80 (1986)
- Polygonum tortuosum D.Don in Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 71 (1825)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
- 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.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1983). Flora of Bhutan 1(1): 1-186. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
- Rechinger, K.H. & Schiman-Czeika, H. (1968). Flora Iranica 56: 1-88. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2003). Flora of China 5: 1-505. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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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 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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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 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0