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Persicaria extremiorientalis

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Persicaria extremiorientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Persicaria
Species:
P. extremiorientalis
Binomial name
Persicaria extremiorientalis
(Vorosch.) Tzvelev[1]

Persicaria extremiorientalis, the east Asian smartweed, is a plant species in the buckwheat family, native to Japan, China, Korea, and far eastern Russia and introduced to the eastern United States where it is found from North Carolina to Massachusetts.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Plant Name Details Polygonaceae Persicaria extremiorientalis (Vorosch.) Tzvelev". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  2. ^ Atha, Daniel E.; Nee, Michael H.; Naczi, Robert F. C. (2010). "Persicaria extremiorientalis (Polygonaceae) is established in the flora of the eastern United States of America". The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. 137 (4): 333–338. doi:10.3159/10-RA-033.1. S2CID 86509452.
  3. ^ Hamlin, Bryan T.; Kittredge, Walter T. (2013). "An update on the Middlesex Fells flora". Rhodora. 115 (962): 191–196. doi:10.3119/12-21. S2CID 86678741.