Plant Details

Accepted name:: Persicaria acuminata (Kunth) M.Gómez [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
lagunilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
sanguinaria del agua	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial parts, Leaf + shoot		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polygonum acuminatum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 178 (1817).
Chulusium acuminatum (Kunth) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 14 (1837).
Polygonum acuminatum var. brachystemon Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(1): 15 (1855).
Polygonum acuminatum var. capense Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 114 (1856).
Polygonum acuminatum var. glabrescens Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(1): 15 (1855).
Polygonum acuminatum var. humboldtii Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(1): 14 (1855).
Polygonum acuminatum var. microstemon Mart. ex Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(1): 15 (1855).
Polygonum acuminatum var. setigerum (Wedd.) Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(1): 15 (1855).
Polygonum acuminatum var. stenophylla Heimerl Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 242 (1908).
Polygonum acuminatum var. subcordatum Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(1): 15 (1855).
Polygonum acuminatum var. weddellii Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(1): 15 (1855).
Polygonum alfredi Pilg. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 126 (1921).
Polygonum barbatum G.Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 158 (1818), nom. illeg.
Polygonum bettfreundianum Lindau Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 11 (1894).
Polygonum cuspidatum Willd. ex Soler. Syst. Anat. Dicot. 4: 756 (1899), nom. subnud.
Polygonum erectum Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 162 (1829), nom. illeg.
Polygonum floribundum Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 13: 252 (1849), nom. illeg.
Polygonum graminifolium Hoffm. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 114 (1856), not validly publ.
Polygonum guatemalense Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 225 (1919).
Polygonum micranthum A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 183 (1850).
Polygonum setigerum Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 13: 253 (1849).
Polygonum stuckertii Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 225 (1919).
Polygonum vellosoi Toledo Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo 3: 27 (1952).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Persicaria acuminata (Kunth) M.Gómez	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Polygonum acuminatum	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Polygonum acuminatum H.B.K.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Polygonum acuminatum Kunth	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

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