Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Polygonum plebeium
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📚 Overview
Brief
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2010
Assessor/s: Watve, A.
Reviewer/s: Juffe Bignoli, D., Gunaga, S., Vasudevan, K. & Kumar, V.S.
Contributors: Molur, S.
Justification: Polygonum plebeium is common and widespread in many parts of the world, especially the palaeotropics. It grows on disturbed habitats which are periodically waterlogged such as river and stream banks, puddles, ditches, rice fields etc. It is locally used as vegetable on a small scale. Although no population study has been done, it is locally abundant in several locations, and has no known threat leading to any decline in its population or subpopulations. It is therefore listed as Least Concern.
Conservation Actions: No conservation action has been taken or is considered necessary for this species.
IUCN and ZOO 2011
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Description
Prostrate woody herbs with radiate branches; stems glabrous. Leaves alternate,to 10 x 4 mm, oblong, sessile, acute, glabrous; ochrea chartaceous, white, ciliate. Flowers 3-7 together, sessile, axillary. Tepals 5, ovate, acute, glabrous. Stamens 5. Nut 1.5 mm long, trigonous, acute, glabrous, brown.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Along lakeshores when water level recedes
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Habitat and Ecology: It is gregarious by rivers, canals, drying out pools and harvested rice fields, all areas which have clayey soil and have waterlogging at least some parts of the year. It forms dense mats on ground in moist soil or seasonally flooded areas.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
List of Habitats: 5, 5.6, 5.8, 5.9, 6, 15, 15.7, 15.8
IUCN and ZOO 2011
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Range Description: Polygonum plebeium is widely distributed throughout the old world tropics and is also known from Australia and North America.
Countries - Native: India (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Daman, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Madagascar; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Introduced: United States; Vagrant: Australia; Present - origin uncertain: Tanzania, United Republic of
IUCN and ZOO 2011
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Global Distribution
Pantropical
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
Trends
Population: It is common in many places within India. In suitable places like dried pond beds it can form dense stands with about 30 spreading individuals within 1m2 (A. Watve pers. obs.) Although population data in other countries is not available, it is a species easily colonizing secondary habitats with moist or waterlogged soil.
Population Trend: Increasing
IUCN and ZOO 2011
Attributions | IUCN and ZOO 2011 |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Conservation Status
Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2010
Assessor/s: Watve, A.
Reviewer/s: Juffe Bignoli, D., Gunaga, S., Vasudevan, K. & Kumar, V.S.
Contributors: Molur, S.
Justification: Polygonum plebeium is common and widespread in many parts of the world, especially the palaeotropics. It grows on disturbed habitats which are periodically waterlogged such as river and stream banks, puddles, ditches, rice fields etc. It is locally used as vegetable on a small scale. Although no population study has been done, it is locally abundant in several locations, and has no known threat leading to any decline in its population or subpopulations. It is therefore listed as Least Concern.
Conservation Actions: No conservation action has been taken or is considered necessary for this species.
IUCN and ZOO 2011
Attributions | IUCN and ZOO 2011 |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
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📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/threats-classification-scheme
- Watve, A. 2010. Polygonum plebeium. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/habitats-classification-scheme-ver3
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/conservation-actions-classification-scheme-ver2
- Citation: Watve, A. 2010. Polygonum plebeium. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
- Cook, C.D.K. 1996. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India. Oxford University Press, Oxford.; Grubben, G.J.H. 2004. Vegetables. PROTA foundation, Wageningen.; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. 2010(20 January).
- Polygonum indicum Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 208. 1821.
- Polygonum plebeium R. Br., Prodr. 420. 1810. "plebejum; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 27. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1188(832). 1925; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 382. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 391. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 371. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 333. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 258. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 410. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 678. 2009.
- Watve, A. 2010. Polygonum plebeium. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
- Cook, C.D.K. 1996. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India. Oxford University Press, Oxford.; Grubben, G.J.H. 2004. Vegetables. PROTA foundation, Wageningen.; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. 2010(20 January).
Information Listing > References
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/threats-classification-scheme
- Watve, A. 2010. Polygonum plebeium. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/habitats-classification-scheme-ver3
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/conservation-actions-classification-scheme-ver2
- Citation: Watve, A. 2010. Polygonum plebeium. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
- Cook, C.D.K. 1996. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India. Oxford University Press, Oxford.; Grubben, G.J.H. 2004. Vegetables. PROTA foundation, Wageningen.; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. 2010(20 January).
- Polygonum indicum Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 208. 1821.
- Polygonum plebeium R. Br., Prodr. 420. 1810. "plebejum; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 27. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1188(832). 1925; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 382. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 391. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 371. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 333. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 258. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 410. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 678. 2009.
- Watve, A. 2010. Polygonum plebeium. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
- Cook, C.D.K. 1996. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India. Oxford University Press, Oxford.; Grubben, G.J.H. 2004. Vegetables. PROTA foundation, Wageningen.; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. 2010(20 January).
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Polygonales |
Family | Polygonaceae |
Genus | Polygonum |
Species | Polygonum plebeium |
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