Koenigia alpina

For the cultivar often known in horticulture as Polygonum polymorphum or Persicaria polymorpha, see Koenigia × fennica § 'Johanneswolke'.

Koenigia alpina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Genus:	Koenigia
Species:	K. alpina
Binomial name
Koenigia alpina (All.) T.M.Schust. & Reveal [1]
Synonyms [1]
Aconogonon alpinum(All.) Schur Aconogonon alpinum var. elephantinumStepanov Aconogonon diffusum(Pall. ex Spreng.) Tzvelev Aconogonon dshawachischwilii(Kharkev.) Soják Aconogonon jeholense(Kitag.) H.Hara Aconogonon polymorphum(Ledeb.) Nakai Gononcus undulatusRaf. Persicaria alpina(All.) H.Gross Persicaria dshawachischwilii(Kharkev.) Cubey Persicaria undulata(Raf.) H.Gross Pleuropteropyrum jeholenseKitag. Pleuropteropyrum undulatum(Raf.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Polygonum alpinumAll. Polygonum diffusumPall. ex Spreng. Polygonum dshawachischwiliiKharkev. Polygonum polymorphumLedeb.

Koenigia alpina (synonym Aconogonon alpinum), ^[1] commonly known as alpine knotweed, ^[2] is similar to Koenigia alaskana , but differs in leaf size and achene characteristics. ^[3] It is native to Europe and temperate Asia. ^[1]

It is one of the parents of the cultivated hybrid Koenigia × fennica, the other being Koenigia weyrichii . ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "Koenigia alpina (All.) T.M.Schust. & Reveal". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
2. English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 337. ISBN   978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2016– via Korea Forest Service.
3. Hinds, Harold R.; Freeman, Craig C. (2005). "Aconogonon alpinum". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 5. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
4. "Aconogonon × fennicum Reiersen". The International Plant Names Index . Retrieved 2020-05-21.
5. Jonsell, Beagt (1999). "Additional nomenclatural notes to Flora Nordica (Lycopodiaceae - Polygonaceae)". Nordic Journal of Botany. 19 (2): 385–387. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1999.tb01219.x.