Hudson, W. (1762), Flora Anglica Edn. 1: 148 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in aquosis et ad fossas sed rarius. In the meadows beyond Peterborough-house, and in Tothilfields, Westminster. Blacks. spec. bot. VII."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 18 [secondary reference]

Meisner, C.D.F. (1854), Plantae Muellerianae: Polygoneae. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 26: 363 [secondary reference]

Meisner, C.D.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1856), Polygonaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 14(1): 111 [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]

Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 269 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Polygonum decipiens R.Br. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 77 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 31 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 163 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 89 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 412 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1921), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 612-613 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Persicaria minor (Huds.) Opiz legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polygonum decipiens R.Br. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 175 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Polygonum serrulatum Lag. legitimate

Danser, B.H. (1927), A revision of the Queensland Polygona. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 39: 30-32 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 283, Fig. 341 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Polygonum serrulatum Lag. legitimate by Meisner, C.D.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1856), Polygonaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 14(1): 110

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 529 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polygonum serrulatum Lag. legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 158 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Knotweed [n/a]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 104 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Polygonum serrulatum Lag. legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 283, Fig. 341

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 590 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Polygonum decipiens R.Br. legitimate

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 77 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 34 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 176 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polygonum decipiens R.Br. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 68 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Polygonum salicifolium Brouss. ex Willd. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 34

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Polygonaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 279 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Persicaria decipiens (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 77

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Persicaria decipiens (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson legitimate by Danser, B.H. (1927), A revision of the Queensland Polygona. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 39: 30-32

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Persicaria decipiens (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 283, Fig. 341

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Persicaria decipiens (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 77

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Persicaria decipiens (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson legitimate by Danser, B.H. (1927), A revision of the Queensland Polygona. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 39: 30-32

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 64 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Persicaria decipiens (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson legitimate by Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 269

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Persicaria decipiens (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson legitimate by Danser, B.H. (1927), A revision of the Queensland Polygona. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 39: 30-32

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Persicaria decipiens (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 283, Fig. 341

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Persicaria decipiens (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 77

Funez, L.A. & Hassemer, G. (10 March 2021), Novelties in Persicaria (Polygonaceae): description of a narrowly endemic new species from southern Brazil, and typification of the name Polygonum minus. Phytotaxa 490(1): 64 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(designated here):—(illustration) figure on the lower-left (“Persicaria minor”) of plate 29 of section 5 in Morison (1680)."

• Text: "Epitype (designated here):—UNITED KINGDOM. Surrey, ditch near Ockham Court, 14 September 1935, E.C. Wallace s.n. (BM barcode BM001072687!"

Funez, L.A. & Hassemer, G. (10 March 2021), Novelties in Persicaria (Polygonaceae): description of a narrowly endemic new species from southern Brazil, and typification of the name Polygonum minus. Phytotaxa 490(1): 64 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Persicaria minor (Huds.) Opiz legitimate

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