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Polygonum decipiens

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Name

Identification
Polygonum decipiens R.Br. [family POLYGONACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Karen Louise Wilson,
Related name
  • Polygonum minus
  • Polygonum plebeium
  • Polygonum decipiens
  • Persicaria decipiens

Flora

Entry for POLYGONUM salicifolium Brouss. ex Willd. [family POLYGONACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
POLYGONUM salicifolium Brouss. ex Willd. [family POLYGONACEAE], (1809);
Persicaria salicifolia (Brouss. ex Willd.) Assenov [family POLYGONACEAE], (1966), nom. illeg., non S. F. Gray. [type as above]
Polygonum decipiens R. Br. [family POLYGONACEAE], (1810);
Persicaria decipiens (R. Br.) K. L. Wilson [family POLYGONACEAE], (1988). [type as above]
Information
Erect or ascending annual or perennial, up to 1 m tall, without glands; stems glabrous. Ochreae covered by short bristly hairs and fringed with 10–25 mm long stiff bristles. Leaves sessile or almost so, linear-lanceolate, 8–15 x 0.7–2 cm, acute, usually glabrous except for ciliate margins and veins beneath. Spikes slender, 2–9 cm long, with a markedly zigzag appearance when young; bracts fringed with bristles c. 1 mm long. Perianth pink or white, 2–2.5(–3) mm long; tepals 5. Nut usually trigonous, 2–2.5 mm long, black, glossy.
Range
N2 widespread in tropical Africa, also in Arabia, tropical Asia, Australia and America, and in S Europe.
Altitude range
c. 1500 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Collenette 408.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Notes
If treated as a Persicaria, the correct name for this is P. decipiens.

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