Aconogonon

Aconogonon
Aconogonon davisiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Polygonaceae
Subfamily:Polygonoideae
Genus:Aconogonon
(Meisn.) Rchb.
Type species
Aconogonon divaricatum
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Aconogonum (Meisn.) Rchb.
  • Polygonum sect. Aconogonon Meisn. 1826
  • Koenigia sect. Aconogonon (Meisn.) T.M. Schust. & Reveal

Aconogonon is a genus of Asian and North American flowering plants in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae.[4][5][6][7] It has sometimes been included in the genus Persicaria.[4]

Selected species[4][5]
  • Aconogonon alaskanum - eastern Russia, Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories
  • Aconogonon alpinum - Eurasia, North America
  • Aconogonon coriarium - central Asia
  • Aconogonon davisiae - western United States
  • Aconogonon divaricatum China, Mongolia, Siberia, Korea
  • Aconogonon molle - China, Himalayas, Indian Subcontinent
  • Aconogonon rumicifolium - Himalayas
  • Aconogonon phytolaccifolium - western United States
  • Aconogonon tortuosum - China, Himalayas, Indian Subcontinent

References

  1. lectotype designated by Roberty, G. E. & S. Vautier. 1964. Boissiera 10: 40.
  2. Tropicos, Aconogonon (Meisn.) Rchb.
  3. Gandhi, K.N. & J. L. Reveal. 2014. (2297) Proposal to conserve the name Aconogonon (Polygonaceae). with that spelling. Taxon 63(3): 687–688.
  4. 1 2 3 Flora of North America, Aconogonon 1828
  5. 1 2 Flora of Pakistan, Aconogonon (Meisn.) Reichenb. 1828
  6. Hinds, H. 1995. Nomenclatural changes in Polygonum, Persicaria, and Aconogonon (Polygonaceae). Novon 5: 165-166.
  7. Hong, S. P. 1991. A revision of Aconogonon (= Polygonum sect. Aconogonon, Polygonaceae) in North America. Rhodora 93: 322-346.


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