Reynoutria

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

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Reynoutria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 July 14. Reference page.

Reynoutria Houtt., Nat. Hist. 2(8): 639 (1777).

Type species: Reynoutria japonica Houtt., Nat. Hist. 2(8): 639, t. 640 (1777).

Homotypic
- Fallopia sect. Reynoutria (Houtt.) Ronse Decr., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 98(4): 346 (1988).
Heterotypic
- Polygonum sect. Pleuropterus Benth. & Hook.f. (1880)

Note: This is an accepted view of Reynoutria segregated from Fallopia (POWO, 2024).

Native distribution areas:

Continentalː Asa-temperate
- Regionalː Russian Far East
  - Amur, Khabarovsk, Kuril I.
- Regionalː China
  - China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan
- Regionalː Estern Asia

*** Japan, Koreas, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, Primorye, Sakhalin

Continentalː Europe
- Regionalː Central Europes
  - Czechia-Slovakia
- Introduced into:
  - Alabama, Alaska, Altay, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Russia, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Finland, Florida, France, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Italy, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Myanmar, Nebraska, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Norway, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tasmania, Tennessee, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, Utah, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Houttuyn, M. 1777. Natuurlijke Historie [tweede deel {second part}] 2(8): 639.

Desjardins, S.D. 2015. Evolutionary studies in subtribe Reynoutriineae (Polygonaceae). With contributions to the study of hybridisation in Helosciadium and Berula (Apiaceae) included as appendices (Doctoral dissertation, Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, England). Full text PDF 30Mb file Reference page.
Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Reference page.
Schuster, T.M., Wilson, K.L. & Kron, K.A. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships of Muehlenbeckia, Fallopia, and Reynoutria (Polygonaceae) investigated with chloroplast and nuclear sequence data. International Journal of Plant Sciences 172(8): 1053–1066. DOI: 10.1086/661293 PDF Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Reynoutria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 May 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Reynoutria. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 8 2017. Reference page.