Bistorta vivipara

Bistorta vivipara

Bistorta vivipara

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Polygonaceae
Subfamilia: Polygonoideae
Tribus: Persicarieae
Subtribus: Koenigiinae
Genus: Bistorta
Species: Bistorta vivipara

Name

Bistorta vivipara (L.) Delarbre, Fl. Auvergne (Delarbre) ed. 2, 2: 516 (1800).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Colubrina vivipara (L.) Montandon in F.Friche-Joset, Syn. Fl. Jura: 268 (1856)
  • Persicaria vivipara (L.) Ronse Decr. in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 98: 368 (1988)
  • Polygonum viviparum L. in Sp. Pl.: 360 (1753)
• Heterotypic
  • Bistorta americana Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 2: 12 (1837)
  • Bistorta bulbifera (Royle ex Bab.) Greene in Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21 (1904)
  • Bistorta insularis Soják in Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 150: 137 (1981 publ. 1982)
  • Bistorta littoralis Greene in Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 19 (1904)
  • Bistorta macounii (Small ex Macoun) Greene in Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 18 (1904)
  • Bistorta ophioglossa Greene in Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 19 (1904)
  • Bistorta scopulina Greene in Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 20 (1904)
  • Bistorta vivipara var. alpina Gray in Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 268 (1821 publ. 1822)
  • Bistorta vivipara var. angustifolia Nakai in J. Jap. Bot. 14: 740 (1938)
  • Bistorta vivipara subsp. fugax (Small) Soják in Preslia 46: 152 (1974)
  • Bistorta vivipara subsp. macounii (Small ex Macoun) Soják in Preslia 46: 152 (1974)
  • Bistorta vivipara f. ramosa Nakai in Rep. Veg. Kamik.: 39 (1928)
  • Bistorta vivipara f. roessleri (Beck) Kitag. in Lin. Fl. Manshur.: 176 (1939)
  • Bistorta vivipara var. roessleri (Beck) F.Maek. in J. Jap. Bot. 11: 672 (1935)
  • Persicaria americana (Meisn.) Ohki in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 55 (1926)
  • Persicaria sagittata var. americana (Meisn.) Miyabe in J. Fac. Agr. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. Sapporo 26(4): 520 (1934)
  • Polygonum angustifolium D.Don in Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 70 (1825), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Polygonum blancheanum Gand. in Fl. Lyon.: 193 (1875)
  • Polygonum bracteatum Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 154 (1827)
  • Polygonum bulbiferum Royle ex Bab. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 18: 94 (1838)
  • Polygonum camptostachys Gand. in Fl. Lyon.: 193 (1875)
  • Polygonum chevrolatii Gand. in Fl. Lyon.: 193 (1875)
  • Polygonum fugax Small in Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 2: 167 (1901)
  • Polygonum insulare Maximova in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 15: 142 (1979), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Polygonum littorale (Greene) Fedde in Just's Bot. Jahresber. 32(1): 415 (1905), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Polygonum macounii Small ex Macoun in Fur Seals Isl. North Pacif. Ocean 3: 570 (1899)
  • Polygonum proliferum Houtt. in Nat. Hist. 2(8): 461 (1777)
  • Polygonum renii L.C.Wang in Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 18: 457 (1998)
  • Polygonum sagittatum modif. aculeolata R.Keller in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 30(2): 46 (1891)
  • Polygonum sagittatum var. americanum Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 132 (1856)
  • Polygonum scopulinum (Greene) Fedde in Just's Bot. Jahresber. 32(1): 415 (1905)
  • Polygonum viviparum f. alpinum (Wahlenb.) Polunin in Bull. Natl. Mus. Canada 92: 177 (1940)
  • Polygonum viviparum var. alpinum Wahlenb. in Fl. Lapp.: 99 (1812)
  • Polygonum viviparum var. capitatum Torr. in Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 34 (1823)
  • Polygonum viviparum f. elatior Kurtz in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 403 (1894)
  • Polygonum viviparum f. linearifolium J.Q.Fu in Fl. Loess-Plat. Sin. 1: 610 (2000), contrary to Art. 37.5 ICBN (1994).
  • Polygonum viviparum var. macounii (Small ex Macoun) Hultén in Acta Univ. Lund., 2. 40(1): 623 (1944)
  • Polygonum viviparum f. nanum Bolzon in Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1910: 74 (1910)
  • Polygonum viviparum monstr. paniculatum Porsild in Meddel. Grønland 58: 173 (1926)
  • Polygonum viviparum var. pseudobistorta J.Rousseau in Naturaliste Canad. 69: 99 (1942)
  • Polygonum viviparum f. pusillum Kurtz in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 403 (1894)
  • Polygonum viviparum var. ramiflorum L.Villar in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 44: 185 (1987)
  • Polygonum viviparum f. ramosum (Nakai) T.Shimizu in New Alp. Fl. Japan Color 2: 357 (1983)
  • Polygonum viviparum f. roessleri Beck in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 24: 84 (1907)
  • Polygonum viviparum var. subacaule Pursh in Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 271 (1813)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regionalː Subarctic & Subalpine Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nepal, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nunavut, NW. Balkan Pen., Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yukon Extinct in: Denmark References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Delarbre, A. 1800. Flore d'Auvergne; ou, Recueil des plantes de cette ci-devant province. Clermont-Ferrand ed. 2, 2: 516.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. 2021. The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8(215): 1–10. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Bistorta vivipara in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 June 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Bistorta vivipara. Published online. Accessed: June 20 2026. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bistorta vivipara in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Knöllchen-Knöterich
• suomi: Nurmitatar
• français: Renouée vivipare
• 日本語: ムカゴトラノオ
• norsk bokmål: Harerug
• slovenščina: živorodna dresen

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