The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Showing Polygonum flaccidum
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Caryophyllanae(superordo)
- Caryophyllales(ordo)
- Polygonaceae(fam.)
- Polygonum(gen.)
- flaccidum(sp.)
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Type: "A native of ditches, etc. near Calcutta."
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APC Comment: An Asian taxon, now referred to Polygonum pubescens Blume, recorded by C.D.F.Meisner in A.L.P.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14(1): 107 (1856) and J.D.Hooker in the introductory essay to Fl. Tasman. 2(2): xlvi (1859), but not known to occur in Australia.