Persicaria senticosa

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

Persicaria senticosa (Meisn.) H.Gross in Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 37: 113 (1919)

Homotypic
- Chylocalyx senticosus Meisn. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 65 (1865)
- Polygonum senticosum (Meisn.) Franch. & Sav. in Enum. Pl. Jap. 1: 401 (1875)
- Truellum senticosum (Meisn.) Danser in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 8: 31 (1926)
Heterotypic
- Persicaria truellum (Koidz.) Honda in T.Inui & M.Honda, List Pl. Itsukushima: 11 (1934)
- Polygonum babingtonii Hance in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 5: 239 (1866), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
- Polygonum truellum Koidz. in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 334 (1926)
- Polygonum typhoniifolium Hance in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 5: 239 (1866)
- Truellum japonicum Houtt. in Nat. Hist. 2(8): 427 (1777)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-temperate
- ːRegionalː China
  - China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Taiwan
- ːRegionalː Esatern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto
- ːRegionalː Russian Far East
  - Khabarovsk, Primorye
Continental: Asia-tropical
- ːRegionalː Indo-China
  - Vietnam
- Introduced into:
  - Oregon

Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Japan IIa: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
Chang, C.-S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.-S. 2014. Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF). 563 p. Seoul: T.B. Lee Herbarium. PDF Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Persicaria senticosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 July 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2026. Persicaria senticosa. Published online. Accessed: July 03 2026. Reference page.