Persicaria lapathifolia

TaxID: 430754

Basic Information

Persicaria lapathifolia

Curlytop Knotweed

Persicaria lapathifolia (syn. Polygonum lapathifolium), known as pale persicaria, is a plant of the family Polygonaceae. It is considered to be native throughout most of the world, from arctic to tropical realms, except South America and Southern Africa. It is closely related to Persicaria maculosa and as such is considered a weed in Britain and Europe. Other common names for the plant include pale smartweed, curlytop knotweed, and willow weed. It is a species complex made up of a great many varying forms, sometimes considered varieties. The environment also has a strong influence on the morphology of an individual plant.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Caryophyllales

Polygonaceae

Persicaria

lapathifolia

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Persicaria lapathifolia
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(c) Sandy Wolkenberg@BY
Persicaria lapathifolia
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(c) Roberto Daniel Avila@BY
Persicaria lapathifolia
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(c) J. Richard Abbott@BY-NC
Persicaria lapathifolia
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(c) Sandy Wolkenberg@BY
Persicaria lapathifolia
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(c) Sandy Wolkenberg@BY

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 (5 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Guatemala Absent —
India Quarantine pests —
Mexico Quarantine pests 2018
Paraguay Quarantine pests —

Distribution (105 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

105
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Afghanistan Present —
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Andorra Present —
Argentina Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium 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
SRR23238449 leaf - - 72850859 China:Chengdu
SRR23238448 leaf - - 73390564 China:Chengdu

DNA Barcodes (94 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
WABLK103-13 - trnH-psbA 452 United States 2012-10-09 45.679, -88.224
WABLK103-13 - rbcLa 529 United States 2012-10-09 45.679, -88.224
WABLK103-13 - matK 731 United States 2012-10-09 45.679, -88.224
WABLK017-13 - rbcLa 553 United States - -
WABLK017-13 - matK 770 United States - -
VEMSH647-13 - rbcLa 552 Canada 2013-08-15 45.538, -73.1576
VEMSH647-13 - matK 661 Canada 2013-08-15 45.538, -73.1576
VEMSH352-13 - rbcLa 568 Canada 2012-07-31 45.542, -73.154
VEMSH352-13 - matK 773 Canada 2012-07-31 45.542, -73.154
VEMSH320-13 - rbcLa 554 Canada 2012-07-20 45.542, -73.154
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Literature