Persicaria barbata

TaxID: 487989

Basic Information

Persicaria barbata

Bearded Knotweed, mao liao

Persicaria barbata, commonly known as bearded knotweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae. It is native to the Arabian Peninsula and much of tropical and subtropical Asia, and has also been introduced to parts of Africa and the Pacific islands. The plant typically grows in seasonally dry tropical regions, where it occurs as an erect or sometimes prostrate annual herb, 30 C60 cm tall, with hairless, line-grooved stems and lance-shaped leaves up to 15 cm long. In some descriptions it is noted as a perennial, producing robust, loosely branched stems 40 C90 cm tall from a creeping rhizomatous rootstock.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Caryophyllales

Polygonaceae

Persicaria

barbata

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Persicaria barbata
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(c) nburkepile@BY-NC
Persicaria barbata
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(c) Stanley Chan@BY-NC
Persicaria barbata
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(c) chiuluan@BY
Persicaria barbata
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(c) chiuluan@BY
Persicaria barbata
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(c) Jennifer Snyder@BY-NC

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 (3 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Brazil Absent 2018
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —
Mexico Quarantine pests 2018

Distribution (34 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present —
Burkina Faso Present —
Bangladesh Present —
Brunei Darussalam Present —
Cambodia Present —
China Present —
Côte d'Ivoire Present —
Cameroon Present —
Colombia Present —
Gabon 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 (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (13 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
ITSAH064-14 - ITS2 240 - - -
GENG798-14 - rbcL 540 India 2014-08-26 24.271137, 72.50885
GBVY2840-14 - rbcL 544 Australia - -25.697338, 134.02277
GBVR2664-13 - matK 408 - - -
GBITS17989-21 - ITS 646 - - -
GBITS17988-21 - ITS 754 China 2017-10-27 -
GBGHM468-24 - rbcL 537 China 2023-03-21 22.124609, 112.7851
GBGHM468-24 - matK 797 China 2023-03-21 22.124609, 112.7851
GBGHM467-24 - rbcL 530 China 2023-05-28 23.773838, 113.904396
GBGHM467-24 - matK 794 China 2023-05-28 23.773838, 113.904396
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Literature