Taxon:
Persicaria senegalensis (Meisn.) Soják
Summary
Place of publication:
Preslia 46:155. 1974
Verified:
08/31/2005
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Catarino, L. et al. 2001. Aquatic and wetland plants in Guinea-Bissau: an overview. Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 71:197-2008. Note: mentions; = Polygonum senegalense
- Galasso, G. 2011. Review of Polygonaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
- Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
- Miller, A. G. & T. A. Cope. 1996-. Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra.
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia. Note: = Polygonum senegalense Meisn.
- Wilson, K. L. 1990. Some widespread species of Persicaria (Polygonaceae) and their allies. Kew Bull. 45:630.
- Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. URL: http://posa.sanbi.org/searchspp.php Note: two forms
- PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
cataia – erva-de-bicho –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Gambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea-Bissau | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Niger | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Somalia
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ghana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Yemen
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WESTERN ASIA:
Israel
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | of unknown importance, as Polygonum senegalense | Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds |