Persicaria amphibia

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Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

Species Distribution Map
Family:POLYGONACEAE
Species:Persicaria amphibia (L.) Delarbre
Common Name:Water Smartweed
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:PEAM8
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Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, G5T5 (Global Rank)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyPOLYGONACEAE - Buckwheat family
Genus Persicaria
Species Persicaria amphibia (L.) Delarbre - Water Smartweed

Citation

Citation Persicaria amphibia (Linnaeus) Delarbre, Fl. Auvergne ed. 2: 519. 1800.
Basionym: Polygonum amphibium L. 1753.
Type: Without data, Gmelin s.n. (lectotype: LINN 510.7). Lectotypification by Ekman & Knutsson in Nordic J. Bot. 14 : 23. 1994.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Persicaria coccinea    
Persicaria amphibia var. emersa    
Persicaria muehlenbergii    
Polygonum amphibium var. amphibium Polygonum amphibium Linnaeus var. amphibium, Sp. Pl. 1: 361. 1753.  
Polygonum amphibium var. coccineum    
Polygonum coccineum var. pratincola    
Polygonum coccineum var. terrestre    
Polygonum muehlenbergii    
Polygonum muehlenbergii var. terrestre    
Polygonum amphibium var. emersum    
Polygonum amphibium var. stipulaceum    
Polygonum coccineum    
Polygonum natans    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Dallas, Limestone, Madison, Marshall

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: AUA, JSU, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 2018 - 2018

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0049481 Marshall 18 Aug 2020 Webb, David H.
9115b		 UWAL
Persicaria amphibia (L.) A. Gray
AUA_ACC_33307 Dallas 31 Aug 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
464		 AUA
Persicaria Amphibia (L.) S.F. Gray
UWAL0056497 Madison 16 Jun 2018 England, Kevin J.
9270		 UWAL
Persicaria amphibia (L.) S.F. Gray
JSU139920 Limestone 13 Jul 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9095		 JSU
Persicaria amphibia (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray
UWAL0049469 Marshall 18 Aug 2020 Webb, David H.
9115b		 UWAL
Persicaria amphibia (L.) A. Gray
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