Koenigia alpina
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Koenigia |
| Species: | K. alpina
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| Koenigia alpina | |
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Koenigia alpina (synonym Aconogonon alpinum),[1] commonly known as alpine knotweed,[2] is similar to Koenigia alaskana, but differs in leaf size and achene characteristics.[3] It is native to Europe and temperate Asia.[1]
It is one of the parents of the cultivated hybrid Koenigia × fennica, the other being Koenigia weyrichii.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Koenigia alpina (All.) T.M.Schust. & Reveal". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
- ^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 337. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). "Aconogonon alpinum". Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ "Aconogonon × fennicum Reiersen". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ^ Jonsell, Beagt (1999). "Additional nomenclatural notes to Flora Nordica (Lycopodiaceae - Polygonaceae)". Nordic Journal of Botany. 19 (2): 385–387. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1999.tb01219.x.