PLANTS Profile for Polygonum chinense (Chinese knotweed)

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Polygonum chinense L.
Chinese knotweed


Symbol:		POCH6
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Polygonaceae
Growth Habit:		Subshrub Forb/herb
Duration:		Perennial
U.S. Nativity:		Introduced

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Plant Synonyms:
Polygonum chinense L.

PECH4

Persicaria chinensis (L.) A. Löve

Plant Distribution by State:
Polygonum chinense L.

State Distributional Map for Polygonum chinense L.

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	HI

Polygonum chinense L. occures in the following states: Hawaii

Related Taxa:
Polygonum chinense L.

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 80 species in Polygonum

Classification:
Polygonum chinense L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae –
Order	Polygonales –
Family	Polygonaceae – Buckwheat family
Genus	Polygonum L. – knotweed
Species	Polygonum chinense L. – Chinese knotweed

Introduced Information:
Polygonum chinense L.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Polygonum chinense L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504510.