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Koenigia alaskana

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Koenigia alaskana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Aconogonon
Species:
A. alaskanum
Binomial name
Aconogonon alaskanum
(Small) Soják 1974
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Persicaria alpina (All.) H.Gross
  • Aconogonon alpinum (All.) Schur
  • Gononcus undulatus Raf.
  • Persicaria undulata (Raf.) H.Gross
  • Pleuropteropyrum alpinum (All.) Kitag.
  • Pleuropteropyrum jeholense Kitag.
  • Pleuropteropyrum undulatum (Raf.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Polygonum alaskanum (Small) W. Wight ex Hultén
  • Polygonum alpinum All.
  • Polygonum jeholense (Kitag.) Baranov & Skvortsov ex S.X. Li & Y.L. Chang
  • Polygonum undulatum Murray 1775, not P.J. Bergius 1767

Aconogonon alaskanum is an Asian and North American species of flowering plants in the buckwheat family known by the common name Alaska wild-rhubarb.

Distribution

Aconogonon alaskanum is native to Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territory, and Chukotka (Chukchi) region of Arctic Russia.[2][3]

Description

Aconogonon alaskanum is a perennial herb up to 200 centimeters (almost 7 feet) tall, with a woody root. Flowers are white or pale green, borne in elongated arrays.[4]

References

  1. ^ The Plant List, Persicaria alpina (All.) H.Gross
  2. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
  3. ^ Pan-Arctic Flora, 410501 Aconogonon alaskanum (Wight ex Hultén) Soják
  4. ^ Flora of North America, Aconogonon alaskanum (Small) Soják, 1974. Alaska wild-rhubarb


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