Genus
Persicaria (Knotweeds, smartweeds, and waterpeppers)
Persicaria lapathifolia. Photo: (c) Sandy Wolkenberg, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Persicaria is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the knotweed family, Polygonaceae. Plants of the genus are known commonly as knotweeds:436 or smartweeds. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring nearly worldwide. The genus was segregated from Polygonum.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
- Order: Caryophyllales (Pinks, cactuses, and allies)
- Family: Polygonaceae (Knotweed family)
- Subfamily: Polygonoideae
- Tribe: Persicarieae
- Subtribe: Persicariinae
- Genus: Persicaria (Knotweeds, smartweeds, and waterpeppers)
- Subtribe: Persicariinae
- Tribe: Persicarieae
- Subfamily: Polygonoideae
- Family: Polygonaceae (Knotweed family)
- Order: Caryophyllales (Pinks, cactuses, and allies)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
