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Internal ID UUID64400303c40d0918580269
Scientific name Persicaria acuminata
Authority (Kunth) M.Gómez
First published in Anales Inst. Segunda Enseñ. 2: 278 (1896)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Polygonum acuminatum Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 178 (1817)
Polygonum guatemalense Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 225 (1919)
Chulusium acuminatum Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 14 (1837)
Polygonum alfredi Pilg. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 126 (1921)
Polygonum setigerum Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 3, 13: 253 (1849)
Polygonum acuminatum var. microstemon Meisn. Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 15, t. 4, fig. 2. 1855 [1 Jan 1855]
Polygonum acuminatum var. brachystemon Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 114. 1856 [mid Oct 1856]
Polygonum acuminatum var. capense Meisn. Prodr. 14: 114 1856
Polygonum acuminatum var. glabrescens Meisn. Fl. Bras. 5(1): 15 (1855)
Polygonum acuminatum var. humboldtii Meisn. Fl. Bras. (Martius) 5(1): 14. 1855 [1 Jan 1855]
Polygonum acuminatum var. setigerum (Wedd.) Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 114. 1856 [mid Oct 1856]
Polygonum acuminatum var. subcordatum Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 114. 1856 [mid Oct 1856]
Polygonum acuminatum var. weddellii Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 114. 1856 [mid Oct 1856]
Polygonum floribundum Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 13: 252. 1850
Polygonum bettfreundianum Lindau Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 11 (1894)

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Language Common/alternative name
Hebrew בת-ארכובית מחודדת
Chinese 尖头蓼

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Chile Central
      • Desventurados Islands
      • Paraguay
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Galápagos
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000488001
Tropicos 26001078
INPN 769027
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:694896-1
The Plant List kew-2571877
Open Tree Of Life 1055125
NCBI Taxonomy 487988
IPNI 694896-1
iNaturalist 129979
GBIF 2889149
EPPO POLAN

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The Meaning of Plants' Names: A New Discovering Approach to Its Medicinal and/or Toxic Properties dos Santos Dantas Lima L, Felipe Domingues Passero L, Indriunas A, de Souza Santos I, Francisco Uchôa Coqueiro L, Alexandre Souza da Cruz K, Batista de Almeida A, Carlos Fernandes Galduróz J, Rodrigues E Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 19-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10896657
doi:10.1155/2024/6678557
PMID:38410808
Trichoderma Inoculation Alleviates Cd and Pb-Induced Toxicity and Improves Growth and Physiology of Vigna radiata (L.) Altaf M, Ilyas T, Shahid M, Shafi Z, Tyagi A, Ali S ACS Omega 08-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10882690
doi:10.1021/acsomega.3c10470
PMID:38405473
Latin American Plants against Microorganisms Cuevas-Cianca SI, Romero-Castillo C, Gálvez-Romero JL, Sánchez-Arreola E, Juárez ZN, Hernández LR Plants (Basel) 28-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10708099
doi:10.3390/plants12233997
PMID:38068631
Genome sequence of freshwater sediment isolated fungus Westerdykella aurantiaca strain NNIBRFG27121 Kim KT, Kim JH, Hue Y, Jeong H, Hwang HJ, Yoo LR, Cheon W, Goh J Microbiol Resour Announc 08-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10720410
doi:10.1128/MRA.00613-23
PMID:37937975
Roles of endophytic fungi in medicinal plant abiotic stress response and TCM quality development Zhang J, Lu J, Zhu Y, Shen X, Zhu B, Qin L Chin Herb Med 25-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC11064630
doi:10.1016/j.chmed.2023.02.006
PMID:38706819
Enhanced mercury phytoremediation by Pseudomonodictys pantanalensis sp. nov. A73 and Westerdykella aquatica P71 Senabio JA, de Campos Pereira F, Pietro-Souza W, Sousa TF, Silva GF, Soares MA Braz J Microbiol 01-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10235320
doi:10.1007/s42770-023-00924-4
PMID:36857007
Responses of Caribbean Mangroves to Quaternary Climatic, Eustatic, and Anthropogenic Drivers of Ecological Change: A Review Rull V Plants (Basel) 13-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9786987
doi:10.3390/plants11243502
PMID:36559614
Methods used for the study of endophytic fungi: a review on methodologies and challenges, and associated tips dos Reis JB, Lorenzi AS, do Vale HM Arch Microbiol 20-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9584250
doi:10.1007/s00203-022-03283-0
PMID:36264513
An Update on Phytochemicals and Pharmacological Activities of the Genus Persicaria and Polygonum Seimandi G, Álvarez N, Stegmayer MI, Fernández L, Ruiz V, Favaro MA, Derita M Molecules 01-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8512787
doi:10.3390/molecules26195956
PMID:34641500
A Critical Review on Communication Mechanism within Plant-Endophytic Fungi Interactions to Cope with Biotic and Abiotic Stresses Lu H, Wei T, Lou H, Shu X, Chen Q J Fungi (Basel) 01-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8466524
doi:10.3390/jof7090719
PMID:34575757
Phytoremediation and Microorganisms-Assisted Phytoremediation of Mercury-Contaminated Soils: Challenges and Perspectives Tiodar ED, Văcar CL, Podar D Int J Environ Res Public Health 02-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC7967564
doi:10.3390/ijerph18052435
PMID:33801363
Botanical Control of Citrus Green Mold and Peach Brown Rot on Fruits Assays Using a Persicaria acuminata Phytochemically Characterized Extract Di Liberto MG, Seimandi GM, Fernández LN, Ruiz VE, Svetaz LA, Derita MG Plants (Basel) 24-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7996193
doi:10.3390/plants10030425
PMID:33668242
Antitrypanosomal and Antileishmanial Activity of Chalcones and Flavanones from Polygonum salicifolium Zheoat AM, Alenezi S, Elmahallawy EK, Ungogo MA, Alghamdi AH, Watson DG, Igoli JO, Gray AI, de Koning HP, Ferro VA Pathogens 05-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7915666
doi:10.3390/pathogens10020175
PMID:33562567
Physical environmental conditions determine ubiquitous spatial differentiation of standing plants and seedbanks in Neotropical riparian dry forests De León Ibarra A, Mariano NA, Sorani V, Flores-Franco G, Rendón Alquicira E, Wehncke EV PLoS One 13-Mar-2019
PMCID:PMC6415903
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0212185
PMID:30865660
Biopesticide Activity from Drimanic Compounds to Control Tomato Pathogens Montenegro I, Madrid A, Cuellar M, Seeger M, Alfaro JF, Besoain X, Martínez JP, Ramirez I, Olguín Y, Valenzuela M Molecules 16-Aug-2018
PMCID:PMC6222531
doi:10.3390/molecules23082053
PMID:30115841

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