Jussieu, A.L. de (4 August 1789), Genera Plantarum: 82 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Polygonum L.

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

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Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 172 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 280 [secondary reference]

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Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 582 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 152-154 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 277-281, Fig. 3.11 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 228-236 [secondary reference]

Henshall, T.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Polygonaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 29 [secondary reference]

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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: 67 [secondary reference]

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Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 800 [secondary reference]

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 418 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Calligonaceae Khalk. legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 404 [secondary reference]

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 97 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Rumicaceae Martinov legitimate taxonomic synonym: Persicariaceae Martinov legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriogonaceae G.Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Calligonaceae Khalk. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Polygoneae Juss. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (native and naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (native and naturalised), NI (native and naturalised), ACT (native and naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised), MI (naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 688-689, 933 [secondary reference]

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 115 [secondary reference]

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 26 (photo) [secondary reference]

common name: Dock [n/a]

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