Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 362 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Oriente, India."

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 420 [secondary reference]

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1825), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 2: 257 [secondary reference]

Meisner, C.D.F. (1826), Monographiae Generis Polygoni Prodromus: 53 [secondary reference]

Steudel, E.G. von (1841), Nomenclator Botanicus Edn. 2, 2(10): 376 [secondary reference]

Spach, E. (20 March 1841), Histoire Naturelle des Vegetaux. Phanerogames 10: 537 [basionym]

basionym of: Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach legitimate

Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 271 [secondary reference]

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

Danser, B.H. (1927), A revision of the Queensland Polygona. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 39: 29-30 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 224 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 159 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 154 [secondary reference]

common name: Garden Polygonum [n/a]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 231 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 232-233 [secondary reference]

common name: Prince's Feathers [n/a] common name: Garden Polygonum [n/a] common name: Oriental Knotweed [n/a] common name: Prince's Knotweed [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 177 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Polygonaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 90-91, Fig. 11B [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Polygonum orientale var. cochinchinense (Lour.) Domin legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 68 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Polygonaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 281 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach legitimate

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Polygonaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 68 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Polygonaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 282 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach legitimate

Jessup, L.W. (2003), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach legitimate

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