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Persicaria chinensis (L.) Nakai

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Persicaria chinensis (L.) Nakai
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Ampelygonum chinense
Species recognized by China Species List and Taiwan Species List
Persicaria chinensis
Recognized by Furui 2020
Persicaria chinensis (L.) H. Gross
Persicaria chinensis (Linnaeus) H. Gross
Recognized by eFloras
Polygonum chinense
Species recognized by China Species List
Polygonum sinense
Species recognized by Vietnam Species List
Ampelygonum chinense
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Persicaria chinensis
Recognized by Flickr Group
Persicaria chinensis (L.) Nakai
Persicaria chinensis var. ovalifolia (Meisn.) H. Hara
Polygonum adenopodum Samuelsson
Polygonum chinense
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz and USDA PLANTS images
Polygonum chinense L.
Species recognized by USDA Plants data
Polygonum chinense Linnaeus 1753
Species recognized by TreatmentBank

Alternative Names

Ampelygonum chinense (L.) Lindley
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Cephalophilon chinense (L.) A. E. Borodina-Grabovskaya
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Coccoloba crispata Buch.-Ham.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Coccoloba cymosa Lour.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Coccoloba indica Wight ex Meisn.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Persicaria chinensis var. ovalifolia (Meisn.) H. Hara
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Persicaria umbellata (Houtt.) Nakai
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Polygonum adenopodum Samuelsson
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Polygonum adenotrichum Griff.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Polygonum brachiatum Poir.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Polygonum chinense L.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Polygonum chinense var. brachiatum Meisn.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Polygonum chinense var. thunbergianum Meisn.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Polygonum chinensis var. siamensis H. Léveillé
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Polygonum corymbosum Willd.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Polygonum ovatum Heyne
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Polygonum patens D. Don
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Polygonum polycephalum Wall.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Polygonum sinense J. F. Gmel.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Polygonum umbellatum (Houtt.) Koidz.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Polygonum zonulatum Noronha
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Rumex umbellatus Houtt.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Ampelygonum chinense (L.) Lindley
Cephalophilon chinense (L.) A. E. Borodina-Grabovskaya
Coccoloba crispata Buch.-Ham.
Coccoloba cymosa Lour.
Coccoloba indica Wight ex Meisn.
Persicaria chinensis var. ovalifolia (Meisn.) H. Hara
Persicaria chinensis var. procumbens (Z. E. Zhao & J. R. Zhao)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Persicaria hangchouensis Ohki
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Persicaria jucunda (Meisn.) Yonek. & H. Ohashi
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Persicaria (L.) Mill.)
Persicaria umbellata (Houtt.) Nakai
Polygonum adenopodum Samuelsson
Polygonum adenotrichum Griff.
Polygonum brachiatum Poir.
Polygonum chinense
Synonym according to NCBI
Polygonum chinense L.
Polygonum chinense var. brachiatum Meisn.
Polygonum chinense var. thunbergianum Meisn.
Polygonum chinensis var. siamensis H. Léveillé
Polygonum corymbosum Willd.
Polygonum jucundum Diels
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Polygonum ovatum Heyne
Polygonum paradoxum Leveille
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Polygonum patens D. Don
Polygonum polycephalum Wall.
Polygonum sinense J. F. Gmel.
Polygonum umbellatum (Houtt.) Koidz.
Polygonum zonulatum Noronha
Rumex umbellatus Houtt.
Ampelygonum chinense (L.) Lindl.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ampelygonum chinense (L.) Lindley
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Ampelygonum chinense var. thunbergianum (Meisn.) Masam.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ampelygonum malaicum (Danser) M. A. Hassan
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ampelygonum salarkhanii Hassan
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Ampelygonum umbellatum (Houtt.) Masam.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Cephalophilon chinense (L.) A. E. Borodina-Grabovskaya
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Cephalophilon chinense (L.) Borodina
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Cephalophilon malaicum (Danser) Borodina
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Coccoloba asiatica Lour.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Coccoloba crispata Buch.-Ham.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Coccoloba crispata Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.
Coccoloba cymosa Lour.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Coccoloba indica Wight ex Meisn.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Coccoloba indica Wight ex Meisn.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Persicaria auriculata (Meisn.) S. K. Dixit, Datt & G. P. Roy
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Persicaria chinensis (L.) Nakai
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Persicaria chinensis (L.) Á. Löve
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Persicaria chinensis var. brachiata (Poir.) H. Hara
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Persicaria chinensis var. ovalifolia (Meisn.) H. Hara
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Persicaria chinensis var. siamensis H. Lév.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Persicaria chinensis var. thunbergiana (Meisn.) Okuyama
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Persicaria malaica (Danser) Galasso
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Persicaria umbellata (Houtt.) Nakai
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Persicaria umbellata (Houtt.) Nakai
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum adenopodum Sam.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum adenopodum Samuelsson
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Polygonum adenotrichum Griff.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Polygonum adenotrichum Griff.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum asiaticum (Lour.) B. D. Jacks.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum auriculatum Meisn.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum brachiatum Poir.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Polygonum brachiatum Poir.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum chinense L.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum chinense var. brachiata (Poir.) Gage
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum chinense var. brachiatum (Poir.) Meisn.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum chinense var. brachiatum Meisn.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Polygonum chinense var. corymbosum Hook. fil.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum chinense var. malaicum (Danser) Steward
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum chinense var. ovalifolium Meisn.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum chinense var. parvifolium Hook. fil.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum chinense var. procumbens Z. E. Zhao & J. R. Zhao
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum chinense var. subhastatum Hook. fil.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum chinense var. thunbergianum Meisn.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Polygonum chinense var. thunbergianum Meisn.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum chinensis var. siamensis H. Léveillé
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Polygonum corymbosum Willd.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Polygonum corymbosum Willd.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum corymbosum var. asperum Blume
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum corymbosum var. densiflorum Blume
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum corymbosum var. puberum Blume
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum corymbosum var. subhastatum Blume
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum crispatum C. B. Clarke
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum cymosum Roxb.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum densiflorum Blume
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum malaicum Danser
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum ovatum B. Heyne ex Roth
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum ovatum Heyne
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Polygonum panduriforme Buch.-Ham. ex Endl.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum patens D. Don
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Polygonum patens D. Don
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum polycephalum Wall.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Polygonum polycephalum Wall.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum sinense J. F. Gmel.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Polygonum sinense J. F. Gmel.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum umbellatum (Houtt.) Koidz.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Polygonum umbellatum (Houtt.) Koidz.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polygonum zonulatum Noronha
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Polygonum zonulatum Noronha
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Rumex umbellatus Houtt.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Rumex umbellatus Houtt.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

Chinese knotweed preferred

Arabic

بطباط صيني preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Assamese

মধুসোলেং preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Polygonum chinense preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

火炭母 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

ツルソバ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata Common Names

Malayalam

തിരുതാന്നി preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

پرسیکاریا چینی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

พญาดง preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

火炭母 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

清飯藤 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Persicaria chinensis (L.) Nakai

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superasterids
Caryophyllales
Polygonaceae
Persicaria
35 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
Polygonaceae Juss.
Polygonoideae Eaton
Persicaria (L.) Mill.
41 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

33 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superasterids
Caryophyllales
Polygonaceae
Persicaria
35 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

33 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Polygonaceae
Persicaria (L.) Mill.
51 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Spermatophyta
Magnoliopsida
Mesangiospermae
eudicotyledons
Gunneridae
Pentapetalae
Caryophyllales
Polygonaceae
Polygonoideae
Persicarieae
Persicaria

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllidae
Polygonales
Polygonaceae
Polygonoideae
Polygoneae
Polygonum
465 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllidae
Polygonales
Polygonaceae
Polygonoideae
Persicarieae
Persicaria
88 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.