Persicaria filiformis

Persicaria filiformis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Polygonaceae
Subfamilia: Polygonoideae
Tribus: Persicarieae
Subtribus: Persicariinae
Genus: Persicaria
Species: Persicaria filiformis

Name

Persicaria filiformis (Thunb.) Nakai in T.Mori, Saishu-to Kuan-to Shokubutsu Hokoku-sho [Fl. Quelpaert Isl.]: 41 (1914).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Polygonum filiforme Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 377 (1784).
• Homotypic
  • Sunania filiformis (Thunb.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 95 (1837).
  • Polygonum virginianum var. filiforme (Thunb.) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 380 (1909).
  • Tovara filiformis (Thunb.) Nakai, Rigakkwai 24(4): 8 (1926).
  • Tovara virginiana var. filiformis (Thunb.) Steward, Contr. Gray Herb. 88: 14 (1930).
  • Antenoron filiforme (Thunb.) Roberty & Vautier, Boissiera 10: 35 (1964).
  • Persicaria virginiana var. filiformis (Thunb.) J.M.H.Shaw, Hanburyana 3: 3 (2008).
• Heterotypic
  • Polygonum filiforme variegatum Salter ex J.Dix & Rosher, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 5: 139 (1865).
    • Polygonum filiforme var. variegatum (Salter ex J.Dix & Rosher) Mottet, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 84: 259 (1912).
    • Sunania filiformis f. variegata (Salter ex J.Dix & Rosher) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 37: 329 (1962).
    • Tovara filiformis f. variegata (Salter ex J.Dix & Rosher) Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 18: 220 (1942).
  • Polygonum virginianum f. glabratum Matsuda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 27: 11 (1913).
    • Sunania filiformis f. glabrata (Matsuda) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 37: 329 (1962).
  • Polygonum apoense Elmer, Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 7: 2796 (1915).
    • Tovara apoensis (Elmer) H.L.Li, Rhodora 54: 25 (1952).
    • Sunania filiformis var. apoensis (Elmer) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 37: 329 (1962).
    • Tovara virginiana var. apoensis (Elmer) Steward, Contr. Gray Herb. 88: 15 (1930).
    • Tovara filiformis var. apoensis (Elmer) H.Hara, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 39 (1952).
  • Tovara smaragdina Nakai ex F.Maek., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 585 (1932).
    • Polygonum filiforme var. smaragdinum (Nakai ex F.Maek.) Ohwi ex F.Maek., Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 33: 70 (1953).
    • Sunania filiformis f. smaragdina (Nakai ex F.Maek.) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 37: 329 (1962).
    • Antenoron filiformis f. smaragdinum (Nakai ex F.Maek.) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 40: 192 (1965).
  • Tovara ryukuyuensis Masam., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 29: 60 (1939).
  • Tovara filiformis f. albiflora Makino ex Hiyama, J. Jap. Bot. 17: 319 (1941).
    • Sunania filiformis f. albiflora (Makino ex Hiyama) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 37: 329 (1962).
    • Antenoron filiforme f. albiflorum (Hiyama) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 40: 192 (1965).
    • Persicaria filiformis f. albiflora (Hiyama) Yonek., Fl. Japan 2a: 158 (2006).
    • Persicaria virginiana f. albiflora (Hiyama) J.M.H.Shaw, Hanburyana 3: 6 (2008).
  • Tovara filiformis f. trichorachis Hiyama, J. Jap. Bot. 36: 125 (1961).
    • Sunania filiformis f. trichorachis (Hiyama) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 37: 329 (1962).
    • Antenoron filiformis f. trichorachis (Hiyama) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 40: 192 (1965).
  • Tovara filiformis f. amabilis Hiyama, J. Jap. Bot. 36: 125 (1961).
    • Sunania filiformis f. amabilis (Hiyama) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 37: 329 (1962).
    • Antenoron filiformis f. amabilis (Hiyama) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 40: 192 (1965).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Russian Far East Kuril Islands. Regional: China China South-Central, China North-Central, China Southeast. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent East Himalaya, Pakistan, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Myanmar, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Philippines. Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Maryland (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Persicaria filiformis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 July 01. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Persicaria filiformis. Published online. Accessed: July 01 2026. Reference page.

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