Taxon:  Bistorta vacciniifolia (Wall. ex Meisn.) Greene



Summary
Genus:
Bistorta
Family:
Polygonaceae
Subfamily:
Polygonoideae
Tribe:
Persicarieae
Nomen number:
416909
Place of publication:
Leafl. bot. observ. 1:21.  1904
Verified:
09/12/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Polygonum vacciniifolium Wall. ex Meisn.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Persicaria vacciniifolia (Wall. ex Meisn.) Ronse Decr.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Chowdhery, H. J. & B. M. Wadhwa. 1984. Flora of Himachal Pradesh.
  2. Galasso, G. 2011. Review of Polygonaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
  3. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  4. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  5. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. Note: = Polygonum vaccinifolium Meissn.
  6. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Polygonum vaccinifolium Wall. ex Meisn.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Chinesewu fan shu ye liao乌饭树叶蓼as Polygonum vacciniifolium2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Polygonum vaccinifolium Wall. ex Meisn.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang Zizhiqu Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Polygonum vaccinifolium Wall. ex Meisn.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHimachal Pradesh  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaManipur  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaSikkim  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan   
2CultivatedEurope Europe  Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. Note: = Polygonum vaccinifolium Meissn.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Xizang Zizhiqu]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India [Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh], Nepal, Pakistan
Cultivated
Europe
  • REGION: Europe

Reference(s)
  1. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  2. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  3. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. Note: = Polygonum vaccinifolium Meissn.
  4. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Polygonum vaccinifolium Wall. ex Meisn.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. Note: = Polygonum vaccinifolium Meissn.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=416909. Accessed 12 May 2026.