Persicaria

See also: persicaria

Translingual

Etymology

From Late Latin persicaria, from persicum (“peach”), alluding to the peach-tree-like leaves of some Persicaria species

Proper noun

Persicaria f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Polygonaceae – smartweeds or pinkweeds.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order; Polygonaceae – family; Polygonoideae – subfamily; Persicariea – tribe; Persicariinae – subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Persicaria sect. Cephalophilon, Persicaria sect. Echinocaulon, Persicaria sect. Persicaria, Persicaria sect. Tovara – sections
  • Persicaria maculosa (lady's thumb) – type species; Persicaria alpina (Alpine knotweed), Persicaria amphibia (amphibious bistort), Persicaria amplexicaulis (red bistort), (Persicaria campanulata (lesser knotweed), Persicaria hydropiper (water pepper), Persicaria lapathifolia (pale persicaria), Persicaria mollis (soft knotweed), (Persicaria nepalensis (Nepal persicaria), Persicaria odorata (Vietnamese coriander), Persicaria orientalis (princess-feather), Persicaria pensylvanica (pinkweed), Persicaria perfoliata (Asiatic tearthumb), (Persicaria sagittata (American tear-thumb), Persicaria tinctoria (Chinese indigo), Persicaria vivipara (Alpine persicaria), Persicaria wallichii (Himalayan knotweed), Persicaria weyrichii (Chinese knotweed) – selected other species

Coordinate terms

• (genus in Persicarieae): Bistorta, Cephalophilon, Koenigia – genera

References

• Persicaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Persicaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Persicaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Persicaria at The Plant List