Persicaria
Genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, Polygonaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Persicaria is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the knotweed family, Polygonaceae. Plants of the genus are known commonly as knotweeds[2]: 436 or smartweeds.[3] It has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring nearly worldwide.[3][4] The genus was segregated from Polygonum.[5]
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Persicaria capitata | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Polygonaceae |
Subfamily: | Polygonoideae |
Genus: | Persicaria Mill. 1754 |
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