Name:		Persicaria Miller
Accepted name:		Polygonum L.
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Polygonaceae Juss. [Family] Polygonales [Order] Magnoliopsida [Class] Magnoliophyta [Division / Phylum] Plantae [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Persicaria hydropiper Opiz Persicaria hydropiper (L.) Spach Persicaria hydropiperoides Persicaria lapathifolia Gray Persicaria maculata Gray Persicaria maculata (Rafin.) A. Love & D. Love Persicaria maculosa Gray Persicaria persicarioides Persicaria pratincola Greene Persicaria punctata (Ell.) Small Persicaria scabra (Moench) Moldenke
Links:		Electronic Plant Information Centre [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] International Plant Names Index New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Herbarium] USDA Plants Database [Natural Resources Conservation Service]