Polygonum plebeium

Polygonum plebeium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Polygonum
Species:
P. plebeium
Binomial name
Polygonum plebeium

Polygonum plebeium, (common name - common knotweed), is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family, first described in 1810 by Robert Brown from a specimen collected in Port Jackson, Australia.

Distribution

It is native to Australia, Africa (including Botswana, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Nigeria, .Zimbabwe, Zambia. ) and Asia ( including China, Korea, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Manchuria, Bangladesh and India), but is an introduced species in the U.S., Germany, and Japan.

It occurs in disturbed habitats that frequently are flooded, such as banks, ditches, and rice fields. It is used as a vegetable in food in some locations.

Names in India

Hindi: मचेची Machechi • Meitei: তৰাকমনা Tarakmana • Marathi: गुलाबी गोधडी Gulabi Godhadi • Bengali: Chemti sag • Oriya: Muthisag • Gujarati: Zinako Okhrad • Sanskrit: सर्पाक्षी Sarpakshee at Pocharam lake, Andhra Pradesh, India.[citation needed]

References

  1. 1 2 Watve, A. (2011). "Polygonum plebeium". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T177128A7373683. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T177128A7373683.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ↑ NRCS. "Polygonum plebeium". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Polygonum plebeium". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
  4. ↑ Brown, Robert (1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802–1805, London: R. Taylor et socii, p. 420, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.3678, Wikidata Q7247677
  5. ↑ "Polygonum plebeium R.Br. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-03-19.