Polygonum plebeium
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Polygonum plebeium W IMG 0462.jpg
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = Watve, A. | title = Polygonum plebeium | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2011 | page = e.T177128A7373683 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2011 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/177128/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T177128A7373683.en | access-date = 15 January 2018| doi-access = free }}
|genus = Polygonum
|species = plebeium
|authority = R.Br.
|synonyms =
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Polygonum plebeium, (common name - common knotweed),{{PLANTS|id=POPL9|taxon=Polygonum plebeium|accessdate=12 October 2015}} is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family, first described in 1810 by Robert Brown from a specimen collected in Port Jackson, Australia.{{APNI2|name=Polygonum plebeium|id=110524|access-date=2025-03-19}}{{cite Q|Q7247677|pages= 420|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36315697}}
Distribution
It is native to Australia, Africa (including Botswana, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Nigeria, .Zimbabwe, Zambia. ) and Asia ( including China, Korea, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Manchuria, Bangladesh and India), but is an introduced species in the U.S., Germany, and Japan.{{Cite web |title=Polygonum plebeium R.Br. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:696260-1 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}
It occurs in disturbed habitats that frequently are flooded, such as banks, ditches, and rice fields. It is used as a vegetable in food in some locations.
Names in India
{{langx|hi|मचेची|links=no}} Machechi • {{langx|mni|তৰাকমনা|links=no}} Tarakmana • {{langx|mr|गुलाबी गोधडी|links=no}} Gulabi Godhadi • Bengali: Chemti sag • Oriya: Muthisag • Gujarati: Zinako Okhrad • {{langx|sa|सर्पाक्षी|links=no}} Sarpakshee at Pocharam lake, Andhra Pradesh, India.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025|reason=No reference given}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.gbif.org/species/5334440 Polygonum plebeium: Images & occurrence data] from GBIF
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Category:Plants described in 1810
Category:Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)
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