familyPolygonaceae
subfamilyPolygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
genusPersicaria
speciesPersicaria meisneriana
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Persicaria meisneriana
Anales Inst. Segunda Enseñ. 2: 278. 1896.
Common names: Mexican tearthumb
Basionym: Polygonum meisnerianum Chamisso & Schlechtendal Linnaea 3: 40. 1828
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Distribution
Fla., Ga., La., S.C., Tex., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, se Africa
Discussion
Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).
Variety meisneriana has leaves with petioles 0.3–1 cm, blades prominently sagittate to hastate at bases, and ocreae usually moderately to densely pubescent. It is found only in South America (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"/2" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
... more about "Persicaria meisneriana"
not winged +
dark-brown;black +
glabrous +
homocarpic +
dehiscing +
distal +
simple +
elliptic;triangular +
connate +
absent +
2;10 +
scale-like +
connate +
free +
aerial +
woody +
Mexican tearthumb +
curved +
nuclear +
abundant +
outer +
glabrous +
homostylous +
1;14 +
bisexual +
aerial +
fistulose +
homocarpic +
capitate +
cluster +
axillary +
enclosed +
tubular +
nonmembranous +
winged +
alternate +
deciduous +
cauline +
absent +
not auriculate +
awn-tipped +
swollen +
foliaceous +
disintegrating +
absent +
chartaceous +
2-lobed +
coriaceous +
larger +
articulate +
absent +
accrescent +
awnless +
cluster +
spreading;erect +
absent +
unwinged +
purple;red;purple;red;roseate;greenish white;white +
glandular-punctate +
persistent +
glabrous +
campanulate +
fleshy +
articulate +
absent +
(2-)3(-4)-carpellate +
recurved +
Anales Inst. Segunda Enseñ. +
1896 +
tuberous +
fibrous +
ringlike +
longitudinal +
recurved +
absent +
peltate +
capitate +
foliaceous +
absent +
chartaceous +
deciduous +
spreading;erect +
2;3 +
spreading;erect +
solid +
Persicaria meisneriana +
Persicaria sect. Echinocaulon +
species +
absent +
petaloid +
entire +
connate +
dimorphic +
coriaceous +
persistent +
membranous +
glandular-punctate +
developing +
raised +
polycarpic +