Persicaria mitis

Persicaria mitis (Schrank) Assenov is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to Europe.[2] (Persicaria mitis Delarbre is a different species, being a rejected synonym of Persicaria maculosa.[4])

Persicaria mitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Persicaria
Species:
P. mitis
Binomial name
Persicaria mitis
(Schrank) Assenov (nom. cons.)[1][2][3]
Synonyms[2]
  • Persicaria dubia (Stein ex A.Braun) Fourr.
  • Persicaria laxiflora (Weihe) Opiz
  • Polygonum dubium Stein ex A.Braun
  • Polygonum laxiflorum Weihe
  • Polygonum mite Schrank

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1789 as Polygonum mite.[1][5] In 1966, Vulevi Ivan Assenov transferred it to Persicaria under the name "Persicaria mitis".[1] However, this name had already been used in 1800 by Antoine Delarbre as a replacement name for Carl Linnaeus's Polygonum persicaria when this species was transferred to Persicaria (the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants does not allow the same genus name and specific epithet, so it could not be called "Persicaria persicaria").[4] This would make Persicaria mitis (Schrank) Assenov an illegitimate name; however it has been conserved.[1][3]

References
  1. "Plant Name Details for Persicaria mitis (Schrank) Assenov", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2019-03-01
  2. "Persicaria mitis (Schrank) Assenov", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-03-01
  3. Wisskirchen, R. & Kent, D.H. (1999), "(1436-1437) Proposals to conserve two names in Persicaria (Polygonaceae) [conserve Persicaria mitis (Schrank) Assenov & Persicaria maculosa Gray against Persicaria mitis Delabre]", Taxon, 48: 829–830
  4. "Plant Name Details for Persicaria mitis Delarbre", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2019-03-01
  5. von Paula Schrank, Franz (1789), "Polygonum mite", Baiersche Flora, Bd. 1, München, retrieved 2019-03-01


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