Bistorta tenuicaulis is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to South Korea and Japan.[1] The species was first described as Polygonum tenuicaule by James Bisset and Spencer Moore in 1878, and transferred to the genus Bistorta by Takenoshin Nakai in 1926.[2]

Bistorta tenuicaulis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Bistorta
Species:
B. tenuicaulis
Binomial name
Bistorta tenuicaulis
(Bisset & S.Moore) Nakai[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Persicaria tenuicaulis (Bisset & S.Moore) Cubey
  • Polygonum tenuicaule Bisset & S.Moore

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Bistorta tenuicaulis (Bisset & S.Moore) Nakai", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-05-02
  2. ^ "Plant Name Details for Bistorta tenuicaulis (Bisset & S.Moore) Nakai", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2019-05-03