Bistorta
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| Bistorta officinalis | |
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| Genus: | Bistorta L.
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Bistorta is a genus of flowering plants in the Polygonaceae family with only one accepted species, Bistorta sherei H. Ohba & Akiyama.[1] It was historically included in Polygonum or Persicaria,[citation needed] but was supported as a separate clade by molecular phylogenetic analysis.[2]
Selected species names
- Bistorta bistortoides (Pursh) Small and Bistorta macrophylla (D.Don) Sojak are unresolved names.[1]
- Bistorta officinalis Delarbre and Bistorta plumosa (Small) Greene are synonyms of Persicaria bistorta (L.) Samp.[1]
- Bistorta vivipara (L.) Delarbre is a synonym of Persicaria vivipara (L.) Ronse Decr.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "The Plant List: Bistorta". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanic Garden. 2013.
- ^ Sanchez A, Schuster TM, Kron KA. (2009). "A large-scale phylogeny of Polygonaceae based on molecular data". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 170 (8): 1044–1055. doi:10.1086/605121.
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