Polygonaceae Juss.
Polygonum flaccidum Roxb.
, legitimate, scientific
[Roxburgh, W. (1832), Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh 2]:
291
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"A native of ditches, etc. near Calcutta."
[Meisner, C.D.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1856), Polygonaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 14(1)]:
107
[secondary reference]
[Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11)]:
xlvi.
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
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APC Comment:
An Asian taxon, now referred to Polygonum pubescens Blume, recorded by C.D.F.Meisner in A.L.P.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14(1): 107 (1856) and J.D.Hooker in the introductory essay to Fl. Tasman. 2(2): xlvi (1859), but not known to occur in Australia.