Checklist: Polygonaceae

POLYGONACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of species, generated from the database, which are known to have been cultivated in Zimbabwe.

To go to the main family page, click on the family name above.

 Persicaria capitata

Literature:   
Graham, R.A. (1958) Polygonaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa   
Nogueira, I., Ortiz, S. & Paiva, J.A.R. (2006) Polygonaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3)   
 
Names
 
2195.000 RUMEX L.
Rumex usambarensis (Engl. ex Dammer) Dammer
Rumex maderensis sensu J.G. Baker & C.H. Wright non Lowe
Rumex nervosus Vahl var. usambarensis Engl. ex Dammer
Rumex trinervius Rech. f.
 
2197.000 RHEUM L.
Rheum rhabarbarum L.
 
2201.030 PERSICARIA (L.) Mill.
Persicaria amplexicaule D. Don
Bistorta amplexicaulis (D. Don) Greene
Persicaria capitata (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) H. Gross
Polygonum capitatum Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
Polygonum repens Wall. ex Meisn.
 
2201.040 FALLOPIA Adans.
Fallopia baldschuanica (Regel) Holub
Fallopia aubertii (L. Henry) Holub
 
2202.000 FAGOPYRUM Mill.
Fagopyrum esculentum L.
Fagopyrum sagittatum Gilib.
Fagopyrum vulgare T. Nees
Polygonum fagopyrum L.
 
2205.000 ANTIGONON Endl.
ANTIGONUM Endl.  
Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.
 
2208.010 HOMALOCLADIUM (F. Muell.) L.H. Bailey
Homalocladium platycladium (F. Muell.) L.H. Bailey
Muehlenbeckia platyclada (F. Muell.) Meisn.
Polygonum platycladum F. Muell.
 
2209.000 COCCOLOBA P. Browne
Coccoloba uvifera (L.) L.
 
2210.000 TRIPLARIS Loefl. ex L.
Triplaris americana L.
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants checklist: Polygonaceae.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-cult-checklist.php?family_id=181, retrieved 5 December 2025

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