Summary
Place of publication:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49:277. 1913
Verified:
05/11/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
- FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
- Galasso, G. 2011. Review of Polygonaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
- Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
- Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
- Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
- Jonsell, B., ed. 2000. Flora nordica.
- Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. Note: = Polygonum alatum D. Don
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Polygonum nepalense Meisn.
Common names
English
Nepal knotweed – Nepal persicaria – French
renouée du Népal – German
Nepal-Knöterich – Italian
poligono de Nepal –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Anhui Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Gansu Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guizhou Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hebei Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Heilongjiang Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Henan Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hubei Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hunan Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangsu Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangxi Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jilin Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Liaoning Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Nei Mongol Zizhiqu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Ningxia Huizi Zizhiqu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Qinghai Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shaanxi Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shandong Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shanxi Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Sichuan Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Xizang Zizhiqu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Zhejiang Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Hokkaidô | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Honshu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Kyushu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Shikoku | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Kurile Islands | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Primorye | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Sakhalin | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | | Africa | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Europe | | Europe | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | North America | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan
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RUSSIAN FAR EAST:
Russian Federation [Kurile Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin]
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CHINA:
China [Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Hainan Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Heilongjiang Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Ningxia Huizi Zizhiqu, Qinghai Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea, Japan [Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
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INDO-CHINA:
Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
Europe
Northern America
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | as ground cover | Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. Note: = Polygonum alatum D. Don |
| Weed | | | Galasso, G. 2011. Review of Polygonaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
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(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=452883.
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