Plant Details

Accepted name:: Persicaria hydropiperoides (Michx.) Small [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
barbasco	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
erva-de-bicho	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Uso de Pl. Med. em Minas Gerais (Brandão et al., 2010)
lagunilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
pimienta del agua	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
shiñachirapa	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
soliman	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
aerial part, leaf		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
Aerial parts, Entire plant, Leaf		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 35 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 239 (1803).
Polygonum punctatum Schwein. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 103 (1856), not validly publ.
Persicaria hydropiperoides var. breviciliata (Fernald) C.F.Reed Phytologia 50: 461 (1982).
Persicaria hydropiperoides var. bushiana (Stanford) Mohlenbr. Phytoneuron 2015-67: 3 (2015).
Persicaria hydropiperoides var. euronotorum (Fernald) C.F.Reed Phytologia 50: 461 (1982).
Persicaria hydropiperoides var. strigosa (Small) G.Wilh. & Rericha Michigan Bot. 55(3-4): 95 (2016).
Persicaria opelousana (Riddell) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 378 (1903).
Persicaria paludicola Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 457 (1933), nom. illeg.
Persicaria persicarioides (Kunth) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 378 (1903).
Polygonum australe Thiéb.-Bern. ex Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 440 (1805).
Polygonum hydropiperoides var. adenocalyx (Stanford) Gleason Phytologia 4: 23 (1952).
Polygonum hydropiperoides var. asperifolium Stanford Rhodora 28: 27 (1926).
Polygonum hydropiperoides var. breviciliatum Fernald Rhodora 42: 448 (1940).
Polygonum hydropiperoides var. bushianum Stanford Rhodora 28: 27 (1926).
Polygonum hydropiperoides var. digitatum Fernald Rhodora 23: 260 (1921).
Polygonum hydropiperoides var. euronotorum Fernald Rhodora 47: 137 (1945).
Polygonum hydropiperoides f. leucochranthum A.H.Moore Rhodora 16: 129 (1914).
Polygonum hydropiperoides var. macerum Stanford Rhodora 28: 26 (1926).
Polygonum hydropiperoides var. macounii Small Mem. Dept. Bot. Columbia Coll. 1: 81 (1895).
Polygonum hydropiperoides subsp. opelousanum (Riddell) W.Stone Pl. S. New Jersey: 422 (1911 publ. 1912).
Polygonum hydropiperoides var. persicarioides (Kunth) Stanford Rhodora 28: 27 (1926).
Polygonum hydropiperoides var. psilostachyum H.St.John Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 36: 71 (1921).
Polygonum hydropiperoides f. rubrum Waterf. Rhodora 54: 126 (1952).
Polygonum hydropiperoides var. sanibelense Stanford Rhodora 28: 27 (1926).
Polygonum hydropiperoides var. strigosum Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19: 355 (1892).
Polygonum hydropiperoides f. strigosum (Small) Stanford Rhodora 28: 26 (1926).
Polygonum mite Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 440 (1805), nom. illeg.
Polygonum opelousanum Riddell New Orleans Med. Surg. J. 9: 611 (1853).
Polygonum opelousanum var. adenocalyx Stanford Rhodora 28: 28 (1926).
Polygonum persicarioides Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 179 (1817).
Polygonum persoonii Engelm. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 103 (1856).
Polygonum rivulare Phil. Linnaea 30: 199 (1859), nom. illeg.
Polygonum scabridum Willd. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 117 (1856), not validly publ.
Polygonum tarmense Ruiz ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 117 (1856).
Polygonum virgatum var. latifolium M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(1): 352 (1843).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Persicaria hydropiperoides (Michx.) Small	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Polygonum hydropiperoides Michaux	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Uso de Pl. Med. em Minas Gerais (Brandão et al., 2010)
Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. var. hydropiperoides	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Polygonum punctatum Schwein. ex Meisn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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