Koenigia alpina

Koenigia alpina (synonym Aconogonon alpinum),[1] commonly known as alpine knotweed,[2] is similar to Koenigia alaskana, but differs in leaf size and achene characteristics.[3] It is native to Europe and temperate Asia.[1]

Koenigia alpina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Koenigia
Species:
K. alpina
Binomial name
Koenigia alpina
(All.) T.M.Schust. & Reveal[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Aconogonon alpinum (All.) Schur
  • Aconogonon alpinum var. elephantinum Stepanov
  • Aconogonon diffusum (Pall. ex Spreng.) Tzvelev
  • Aconogonon dshawachischwilii (Kharkev.) Soják
  • Aconogonon jeholense (Kitag.) H.Hara
  • Aconogonon polymorphum (Ledeb.) Nakai
  • Gononcus undulatus Raf.
  • Persicaria alpina (All.) H.Gross
  • Persicaria dshawachischwilii (Kharkev.) Cubey
  • Persicaria undulata (Raf.) H.Gross
  • Pleuropteropyrum jeholense Kitag.
  • Pleuropteropyrum undulatum (Raf.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Polygonum alpinum All.
  • Polygonum diffusum Pall. ex Spreng.
  • Polygonum dshawachischwilii Kharkev.
  • Polygonum polymorphum Ledeb.

It is one of the parents of the cultivated hybrid Koenigia × fennica, the other being Koenigia weyrichii.[4][5]

References

  1. "Koenigia alpina (All.) T.M.Schust. & Reveal". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
  2. English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 337. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2016 via Korea Forest Service.
  3. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). "Aconogonon alpinum". Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  4. "Aconogonon × fennicum Reiersen". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  5. Jonsell, Beagt (1999). "Additional nomenclatural notes to Flora Nordica (Lycopodiaceae - Polygonaceae)". Nordic Journal of Botany. 19 (2): 385–387. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1999.tb01219.x.
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