Persicaria perfoliata

TaxID: 371028

Basic Information

Persicaria perfoliata

Asian Tearthumb, Mile-a-minute Weed, mile-a-minute weed

Persicaria perfoliata (basionym Polygonum perfoliatum) is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family. Common names include mile-a-minute, devil's tail, giant climbing tearthumb, and Asiatic tearthumb. It is a trailing herbaceous annual vine with barbed stems and triangular leaves. It is native to most of temperate and tropical eastern Asia, occurring from eastern Russia and Japan in the north, and the range extending to the Philippines and India in the south. P. perfoliata can be an aggressive, highly invasive weed outside of its native range. In Europe, Persicaria perfoliata is included since 2016 in the list of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern (the Union list). This implies that this species cannot be imported, cultivated, transported, commercialized, planted, or intentionally released into the environment in the whole of the European Union.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Caryophyllales

Polygonaceae

Persicaria

perfoliata

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Persicaria perfoliata
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(c) Douglas Goldman@BY-SA
Persicaria perfoliata
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(c) 潘立傑 LiChieh Pan@BY-NC-SA
Persicaria perfoliata
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(c) Holly Merker@BY-NC
Persicaria perfoliata
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(c) kayfoo@BY-NC
Persicaria perfoliata
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(c) Tom Potterfield@BY-NC-SA

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (31 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Austria IAS of Union concern 2016
Belgium IAS of Union concern 2016
Bulgaria IAS of Union concern 2016
Canada Quarantine pests 2019
Cyprus IAS of Union concern 2016
Czechia IAS of Union concern 2016
Germany IAS of Union concern 2016
Denmark IAS of Union concern 2016
EPPO A2 Present —
Spain IAS of Union concern 2016
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Distribution (27 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
1
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Belgium Present —
Bangladesh Present —
Bhutan Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
China Present
Georgia Present —
Hong Kong, China Present —
Indonesia Present —
India Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (2 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR15264671 leaf vegetative stage - 53039698 China:Jiangsu province
SRR18011500 Vegetative vegetative period - 25698034 China: Sichuan

DNA Barcodes (28 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SCBI397-14 - trnH-psbA 396 United States 2013-09-30 38.892, -78.146
SCBI397-14 - rbcLa 553 United States 2013-09-30 38.892, -78.146
SCBI397-14 - matK 742 United States 2013-09-30 38.892, -78.146
ITSAL418-14 - ITS2 241 - - -
IPSUB937-18 - trnH-psbA 440 United States 2008-01-01 -
IPSUB937-18 - rbcL 682 United States 2008-01-01 -
IPSUB937-18 - matK 759 United States 2008-01-01 -
IPSUB937-18 - ITS2 387 United States 2008-01-01 -
IPSUB499-18 - trnH-psbA 423 China 1992-01-01 38.073254, 104.69114
IPSUB499-18 - rbcL 686 China 1992-01-01 38.073254, 104.69114
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Literature