Persicaria bistorta (L.) Samp.

binominal name:
Polygonum bistorta L.
name recognized:
Persicaria bistorta (L.) Samp.
name recognized (basionym):
Polygonum bistorta L.

cited non-linnean name:
Bistorta major

drawing: B. Besler

family: Polygonaceae

epithet: bistortus,-a,-um

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Illustration contributed by:
Teyler museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
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homotypic synonyms:
Polygonum bistorta L.;
heterotypic synonyms:
Bistorta abbreviata Kom.; Bistorta carnea (K. Koch) Kom.; Bistorta elliptica (Willd. ex Sprengel) Kom.; Bistorta ensigera (Juz.) Tzvelev; Bistorta lapidosa Kitag.; Bistorta major Gray; Bistorta nitens (Fischer & C. Meyer) Kom.; Bistorta officinalis Delarbre; Bistorta officinalis Raf.; Bistorta pacifica (Petrov ex Kom.) Kom. ex Nakai; Bistorta plumosa (Small) Greene; Bistorta subauriculata Kom.; Bistorta vulgaris Hill; Colubrina intorta Montandon; Polygonum bistortoides Boiss.; Polygonum lapidosum (Kitag.) Kitag.; Polygonum plumosum Small;