Koenigia alaskana var. glabrescens

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Polygonaceae
Subfamilia: Polygonoideae
Tribus: Persicarieae
Subtribus: Koenigiinae
Genus: Koenigia
Species: Koenigia alaskana
Varietas: Koenigia alaskana var. glabrescens

Name

• Koenigia alaskana (Small) T.M.Schust. & Reveal var. glabrescens (Hultén) T.M.Schust. & Reveal, Taxon 64(6): 1200. (2015)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Polygonum alaskanum var. glabrescens Hultén, Fl. Alaska Yukon 4 [in Acta Univ. Lund, 2, 40(1)]: 612. (1944)
• Homotypic
  • Koenigia lapathifolia var. glabrescens (Hultén) M.H.J.van der Meer in Cact. Phantast. 2020(10)-2: 2 (2020)
  • Aconogonon alaskanum var. glabrescens (Hultén) H.R.Hinds in Novon 5: 166. (1995)
• Heterotypic
  • Polygonum alaskanum subsp. hultenianum Jurtzev in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 59: 1452. (1974)
  • Aconogonon alaskanum subsp. hultenianum (Jurtzev) Soják in Cas. Národního Muz. Praze Rada Prír. 150: 137. (1982)
  • Aconogonon hultenianum (Jurtzev) Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 24: 77. (1987)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regionalː Northwestern Alaska Regionalː Canada Northwest Territories, Yukon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schuster, T.M., Reveal, J.L., Bayly, M.J. & Kron, K.A. 2015. An updated molecular phylogeny of Polygonoideae (Polygonaceae): Relationships of Oxygonum, Pteroxygonum, and Rumex, and a new circumscription of Koenigia. Taxon 64(6): 1188–1208. DOI: 10.12705/646.5 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page.  1200

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. Koenigia alaskana var. glabrescens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 June 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Koenigia alaskana var. glabrescens. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 14 2017. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Koenigia alaskana var. glabrescens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 14-Mar.-17. Reference page.