Persicaria mitis

Persicaria mitis

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: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

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

Name

Persicaria mitis (Schrank) Assenov in Fl. Narodna Republ. Bulg. 3: 239 (1966), nom. cons.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Persicaria hydropiper subsp. mite (Schrank) Majeed Kak in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 81: 517 (1984)
  • Polygonum mite Schrank in Baier. Fl. 1: 668 (1789)
• Heterotypic
  • Persicaria dubia (Stein ex A.Braun) Fourr. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 17: 146 (1869)
  • Persicaria hydropiper var. eglandulosa (Hook.f.) Dar in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 16: 651 (1992), without basionym ref.
  • Persicaria laxiflora (Weihe) Opiz in Seznam: 72 (1852)
  • Persicaria mitis var. ruderalis Peattie in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 131 (1926)
  • Polygonum alpinum Schur in Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 2: 170 (1851), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Polygonum braunii Bluff & Fingerh. in Comp. Fl. German. 1: 509 (1825)
  • Polygonum dubium Stein ex A.Braun in Flora 7: 357 (1824)
  • Polygonum hydropiper var. eglandulosum Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 5: 39 (1886)
  • Polygonum laxiflorum Weihe in Flora 9: 746 (1826)
  • Polygonum paludosum Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 585 (1866), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Polygonum persicaria subsp. laxiflorum (Weihe) Čelak. in Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 165 (1871)
  • Polygonum rosellum Gand. in Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1: 92 (1882)
  • Polygonum schurii Fuss in Fl. Transsilv.: 560 (1866)
  • Polygonum schychowscii Andrz. in Izv. Univ. Kiev 7(Enum. Pl. Podol.): 136 (1862)

Homonyms

• Persicaria mitis Delarbre in Fl. Auvergne, ed. 2: 518 (1800), nom. rej. vide Persicaria maculosa Gray in Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 269 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. cons.
• Persicaria mitis Garsault in Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 446 (1764), opus utique rej. vide Persicaria maculosa var. maculosa

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia ːRegionalː Europe to W. Himalaya Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, West Himalaya ːIntroduced into: Chile Central References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Assenov, 1966. Flora na Narodna Republika Bulgariya 3: 239

Additional references

• Rodríguez, R.A., Marticorena, C.F.S., Alarcón, D., Baeza, C.M., Cavieres, L., Finot, V.L., Fuentes, N., Kiessling, A., Mihoc, M., Pauchard, A., Ruiz, E., Sanchez, P. & Marticorena, A.E. 2018. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Chile. Gayana. Botánica 75(1): 1–430. DOI: 10.4067/S0717-66432018000100001 Reference page. 
• 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. Persicaria mitis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 June 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Persicaria mitis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 July 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Persicaria mitis. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 12 2019. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• Nederlands: Zachte Duizendknoop

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