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Polygonum aviculare
L.
- prostrate knotweed
(plant)
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Entity:
Polygonum (Genus) - knot grass
..Polygonum alpinum (Species) - Alaska wild rhubarb
..Polygonum amphibium (Species) - water knotweed
..Polygonum amplexicaule (Species)
..Polygonum arenastrum (Species) - common knotweed
..Polygonum aubertii (Species) - Chinese fleecevine
..Polygonum bistorta (Species) - meadow bistort
..Polygonum boreale (Species) - northern knotweed
..Polygonum cognatum (Species)
..Polygonum foliosum (Species)
..Polygonum hydropiper (Species) - annual smartweed
..Polygonum idaeum (Species)
..Polygonum lapathifolium (Species) - curltop ladysthumb
..Polygonum longipes (Species)
..Polygonum maritimum (Species)
..Polygonum minus (Species)
..Polygonum mite (Species)
..Polygonum oxyspermum (Species) - sharpfruit knotweed
..Polygonum patulum (Species) - Bellard's smartweed
..Polygonum persicaria (Species) - ladysthumb
..Polygonum polystachyum (Species) - cultivated knotweed
..Polygonum rurivagum (Species)
..Polygonum sagittatum (Species) - arrowleaf knotweed
..Polygonum salicifolium (Species) - knotweed
..Polygonum vivax (Species)
..Polygonum viviparum (Species) - alpine bistort
..Polygonum aviculare (Species) - prostrate knotweed
....Polygonum aviculare subsp. aviculare (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus
Original generic combination
:
Types
Type of
:
Polygonum
(Genus)
L. (1753)
Autonym
:
Polygonum aviculare
subsp.
aviculare
L.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Polygonum aviculare
var.
vegetum
Ledeb.
Ref:
Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name
:
Polygonum heterophyllum
Lindl.
Ref:
M. Blamey & C. Grey-Wilson, 1992 (1989)
Synonymous name
:
Polygonum monspeliense
Pers.
Ref:
R. van der Meijden, 1990
: 104.
Including
:
Polygonum arenastrum
Jord.
ex
Boreau
Ref:
R. van der Meijden, 1990
: 104.
Including
:
Polygonum aviculare
subsp.
aequale
A. & G.
Ref:
R. van der Meijden, 1990
: 104.
Including
:
Polygonum aviculare
subsp.
aviculare
L.
Ref:
R. van der Meijden, 1990
: 104.
[implicit]
Including
:
Polygonum rurivagum
Jordan
ex
Boreau
Ref:
R. van der Meijden, 1990
: 104.
[implicit]
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
varkensgras
Ref:
R. van der Meijden, 1990
: 104.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
prostrate knotweed
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