Family: Polygonaceae

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Last Modified 02/06/2013

List of Polygonaceae Genera

References to Polygonaceae

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  • Blake, S. F. 1932. Polygonum caespitosum var. longisetum in the United States. Rhodora 37: 378-413.
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  • Costea, M.; Tardif, F. J. 2003. Polygonum aviculare subsp. rurivagum (Polygonaceae) in North America. Sida 20: 1709-1711.
  • Decraene, L. P. R.; Hong, S. P.; Smets, E. F. 2000. Systematic significance of fruit morphology and anatomy in tribes Persicarieae and Polygoneae (Polygonaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 134: 301-337.
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  • Forman, J.; Kesseli, R. V. 2003. Sexual reproduction in the invasive species Fallopia japonica (Polygonaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 90: 586-592.
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  • Gammon, M. A. et.al. 2007. Molecular and morphological evidence reveals introgression in swarms of the invasive taxa Fallopia japonica, F. sachalinensis, and F. x bohemica (Polygonaceae) in the United States. Amer. J. Bot. 94: 948-956.
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  • Heschel, M. S. et.al. 2004. Population differentiation and plastic responses to drought stress in the generalist annual Polygonum persicaria. Int. J. Plant Sci. 165: 817-824.
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  • Hong, S. P.; Oh, I. C.; Ronse Decraene, L. P. 2005. Pollen morphology of the genera Polygonum s. str. and Polygonella (Polgoneae: Polygonaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 254: 13-30.
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  • Mitchell, R. S. 1968. Variation in the Polygonum amphibium complex and its taxonomic significance. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 45: 1-65.
  • Mitchell, R. S. 1971. Comparative leaf structure of aquatic Polygonum species. Amer. J. Bot. 58: 342-360.
  • Mitchell, R. S. 1976. Submergence experiments on nine species of semi-aquatic Polygonum. Amer. J. Bot. 63: 1158-1165.
  • Mitchell, R. S. 1978. Rumex maritimus L. versus R. perisicarioides L. (Polygonaceace) in the Western Hemisphere. Brittonia 30: 293-296.
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  • Park, C. W. 1988. Taxonomy of Polygonum section Echinocaulon. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 47: 1-82.
  • Paterson, A. K. 2000. Range expansion of Polygonum caespitosum var. longisetum in the United States. Bartonia 60: 57-69.
  • Patterson, D. T. 1976. The history and distribution of five exotic weeds in North Carolina. Castanea 41: 177-80.
  • Pemberton, R. W.; Irving, D. W. 1990. Elaiosomes on weed seeds and the potential for myrmecochory in naturalized plants.
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  • Ronse Decraene, L. P.; Akeroyd, J. R. 1988. Generic limits in Polygonum and related genera (Polygonaceae) on the basis of floral characters. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 98: 321-371.
  • Ronse Decraene, L. P.; Hong, S. P.; Smets, E. 2000. Systematic significance of fruit morphology and anatomy in tribes Persicarieae and Polygoneae (Polygonaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 134: 301-377.
  • Ronse Decraene, L. P.; Hong, S. P.; Smets, E. F. 2004. What is the taxonomic status of Polygonella? Evidence of floral morphology. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 91: 320-345.
  • Sanchez, A. et.al. 2009. A large-scale phylogeny of Polygonaceae based on molecular data. Int. J. Plant Sci. 170: 1044-1055.
  • Sanchez, A. et.al. 2011. Taxonomy of Polygonoideae (Polygonaceae): a new tribal classification. Taxon 60: 151-160.
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  • Savage, A. D. 1968. A taxonic study of genus Polygonum, sect. Polygonum (Avicularia), in Indiana and Wisconsin. Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 77: 357-369.
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  • Small, J. K. 1895. A monograph of the North American species of the genus Polygonum. Vol. 1. Vol. Memoirs from the Department of Botany. Columbia College, New York, NY. , 178 pages.
  • Smith, B. W. 1964. The evolving karyotype of Rumex hastatulus. Evolution 18: 93-104.
  • Smith, E. M.; Treaster, S. A. 1987. Tolerance of landscape vines to selected pre-emergence herbicides. Ohio Agric. Res. Dev. Circ. 291: 17-18.
  • Staniforth, R. J.; Cavers, P. B. 1977. The importance of cottontail rabbits in the dispersal of Polygonum spp. J. Applied Ecol. 14: 261-267.
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  • Walmsley, C. A.; Davy, A. J. 1997. Germination characteristics of shingle beach species, effects of seed ageing and their implications for vegetation restoration. J. Applied Ecol. 34: 131-142.
  • Weaver, S. E.; Cavers, P. B. 1979. Dynamics of seed populations of Rumex crispus and Rumex obtusifolius (Polygonaceae) in disturbed and undisturbed soil. J. Applied Ecol. 16: 909-917.
  • Weston, L. A. et.al. 2005. A review of the biology and ecology of three invasive perennials in New York State: Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum), mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) and pale swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum rossicum). Pl. & Soil 277: 53-69.
  • Wolf, S. J.; McNeill, J. 1986. Synopsis and achene morphology of Polygonum (Polygonaceae) in Canada. Rhodora 88: 457-479.
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