Checklist: Polygonaceae

POLYGONACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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Persicaria capitata
Literature:   
Graham, R.A. (1958) Polygonaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa  
Nogueira, I., Ortiz, S. & Paiva, J.A.R. (2006) Polygonaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3)  
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
2194.000 EMEX Campd. 
Emex australis Steinh. SE
Emex spinosa sensu Dinter
  
2195.000 RUMEX L. 
Rumex lanceolatus Thunb.
Rumex sagittatus Thunb. N
Rumex abyssinicus sensu Eyles non Jacq.
Rumex burchellii Campd.
Rumex pseudoscutatus Dinter
  
2201.000 POLYGONUM L. 
*Polygonum aviculare L.
Polygonum plebeium R.Br. N
Polygonum roxburghii Meisn.
  
2201.030 PERSICARIA (L.) Mill. 
Persicaria decipiens (R. Br.) K.L. Wilson N
Persicaria salicifolia (Brouss. ex Willd.) Assenov
Persicaria serrulata (Lag.) Webb & Moq.
Polygonum decipiens R. Br.
Polygonum divaricatum Poir.
Polygonum erythropus Dammer
Polygonum leuconeuron Peter
Polygonum salicifolium Brouss. ex Willd.
Polygonum scabrum Poir.
Polygonum serrulatum Lag.
Persicaria glomerata (Dammer) S. Ortiz & Paiva
Persicaria hystricula (J. Schust.) Soják
Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) Gray SE
Polygonum lapathifolium L. subsp. maculatum (Gray) Dyer & Trin.
Persicaria limbata (Meisn.) H. Hara N,SW,SE
Polygonum limbatum Meisn.
Persicaria madagascariensis (Meisn.) S. Ortiz & Paiva N,SE
Persicaria attenuata (R. Br.) Soják subsp. africana K.L. Wilson
Polygonum madagascariense (Meisn.) Meisn.
Polygonum poiretii Meisn. var. madagascariense (Meisn.) Meisn.
Polygonum pulchrum auct. non Blume
Polygonum tomentosum Willd.
Persicaria senegalensis (Meisn.) Soják N,SE
Polygonum senegalense Meisn.
Persicaria senegalensis f. albotomentosa (R.A. Graham) K.L. Wilson N
Persicaria strigosa (R. Br.) H. Gross N
Polygonum strigosum R. Br.
  
2202.000 FAGOPYRUM Mill. 
*Fagopyrum esculentum L.
Fagopyrum sagittatum Gilib.
Fagopyrum vulgare T. Nees
Polygonum fagopyrum L.
  
2204.000 OXYGONUM Burch. 
Oxygonum alatum Burch.
var. longisquamatum Germish. N,SW,SE
Oxygonum alatum Burch.
var. alatum N,SW
Oxygonum delagoense Kuntze N,SW,SE
Oxygonum junodii De Wild.
Oxygonum dregeanum Meisn. N,SE
Oxygonum dregeanum Meisn.
subsp. lanceolatum Germish. SE
Oxygonum dregeanum Meisn.
subsp. canescens (Sond.) Germish. var. canescens N
Oxygonum sinuatum (Hochst. & Steud. ex Meisn.) Dammer N,SE
Ceratogonum sinuatum Hochst. & Steud. ex Meisn.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Checklist: Polygonaceae].
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-checklist.php?family_id=181, retrieved 10 February 2025

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