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Species of plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Persicaria posumbu is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae.[1] It was first described as Polygonum posumbu in 1825 and transferred to the genus Persicaria in 1919.[2] Plants of the World Online records it as having a discontinuous native distribution: the Assam region, Bangladesh and the eastern Himalayas to the west, and Japan, Korea, the Kuril Islands and Primorye to the east.[1]
Persicaria posumbu | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Polygonaceae |
Genus: | Persicaria |
Species: | P. posumbu |
Binomial name | |
Persicaria posumbu (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Gross[1] | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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There is some confusion over the relationship between Persicaria posumbu and Persicaria cespitosa. Some sources regard P. cespitosa as an independent species,[3][4] others regard P. cespitosa as a synonym of P. posumbu.[5][6]
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