Persicaria punctata
A species in the Polygonaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Persicaria
- Species
- Persicaria punctata
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1903
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Persicaria punctata. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
29 synonyms in this snapshot
- Discolenta punctataName author: Raf.
- Persicaria punctata var. eciliataName author: (Small) Small
- Persicaria punctata var. tacubayanaName author: Nieuwl.
- Polygonum acreName author: Kunth
- Polygonum acreName author: Lam.
- Polygonum acre var. aquatileName author: (Mart.) Meisn.
- Polygonum acre var. brachystachyumName author: Meisn.
- Polygonum acre var. confertiflorumName author: Meisn.
- Polygonum acre var. leptostachyumName author: Meisn.
- Polygonum acre var. majusName author: Meisn.
- Polygonum acre var. ripariumName author: (Mart.) Meisn.
- Polygonum antihaemorrhoidale f. aquatileName author: Mart.
- Polygonum antihaemorrhoidale f. ripariumName author: Mart.
- Polygonum antihaemorrhoidale var. aquatileName author: (Mart.) Mart.
- Polygonum antihaemorrhoidale var. ripariumName author: Mart.
- Polygonum epilobioidesName author: Wedd.
- Polygonum punctatumName author: Elliott
- Polygonum punctatum f. longicollumName author: Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum f. stipitatumName author: Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. aquatileName author: (Mart.) Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. confertiflorumName author: (Meisn. ex DC.) Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. ellipticumName author: Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. leptostachyumName author: Small
- Polygonum punctatum var. littoraleName author: Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. mexicanumName author: Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. parviflorumName author: Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. parvumName author: Vict. & J.Rousseau
- Polygonum punctatum var. ripariumName author: (Meisn.) Fassett
- Polygonum punctatum var. tacubayanumName author: (Nieuwl.) Fassett
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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