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Bistorta
Genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, Polygonaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bistorta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae. As of February 2019[update] about 40 species are accepted. It has been supported as a separate clade by molecular phylogenetic analysis.[2] Bistorta species are native throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, as far south as Mexico in North America and Thailand in Asia.[1]
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Bistorta | |
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Bistorta officinalis in Japan | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Polygonaceae |
Subfamily: | Polygonoideae |
Genus: | Bistorta (L.) Scop.[1] |
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