Biology:Bistorta griffithii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Bistorta griffithii
Persicaria griffithii (19473990444).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Bistorta
Species:
B. griffithii
Binomial name
Bistorta griffithii
(Hook.f.) Grierson[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Diels (Diels) Soják
  • Hook.f. Persicaria griffithii
  • Bistorta calostachya (Hook.f.) Cubey
  • Polygonum calostachyum Polygonum griffithii

Bistorta griffithii is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to Tibet, East Himalaya, South-Central China and Myanmar.[1]

Taxonomy

Bistorta griffithii was first described in 1886 by Joseph Dalton Hooker as Polygonum griffithii. It was transferred to the genus Bistorta in 1982 by Andrew Grierson.[2]

References

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