Genus Aconogonon (Meisn.) Rchb.

Possible synonym of Koenigia L.


Summary
Genus number:
17073
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Polygonaceae
Subfamily:
Polygonoideae
Tribe:
Persicarieae
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
  • original spelling = "Aconogonum", but based on Polygonum sect. Aconogonon Meisn.
  • a proposal for conservation (nom. cons.) with the spelling Aconogonon (Madrid ICN Art. 14.11) against the original spelling was considered unnecessary


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References:
  1. Applequist, W. L. 2016. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 67. Taxon 65:172. Note: proposal not recommended, considered unnecessary
  2. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: accepts
  3. Gandhi, K. N. & J. L. Reveal. 2014. (2297) Proposal to conserve the name Aconogonon (Polygonaceae) with that spelling. Taxon 63:687-688. Note: accepts
  4. Hong, S.-P. 1991. A revision of Aconogonon (=Polygonum sect. Aconogonon, Polygonaceae) in North America. Rhodora 93:322-346. Note: accepts
  5. Hong, S.-P. 1992. Taxonomy of the genus Aconongonon (Polygonaceae) in Himalaya and adjacent regions. Symb. Bot. Upsal. 30(2):1-118. Note: accepts
  6. Ronse Decraene, L.-P. & J. R. Akeroyd. 1988. Generic limits in Polygonum and related genera (Polygonaceae) on the basis of floral characters. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 98:337. Note: = Persicaria Mill.
  7. Schuster, T. M. et al. 2015. An updated molecular phylogeny of Polygonoideae (Polygonaceae): relationships of Oxygonum, Pteroxygonum, and Rumex, and a new circumscription of Koenigia. Taxon 64:1188-1208. Note: = Koenigia L.
  8. Wilson, K. L. 2017. Report of the General Committee: 17. Taxon 66:478. Note: proposal not recommended, considered unnecessary
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/taxonomygenus?id=17073. Accessed 11 May 2026.