Persicaria

Genus: Persicaria

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Core Eudicots > Order: Caryophyllales

About 150 species, found in temperate regions worldwide, with nine species native to southern Africa and six species that are naturalised in the region.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Persicaria attenuata
Persicaria decipiens See Flora of Zimbabwe.
Persicaria glomerata Recorded from Mozambique.
Persicaria hystricula
Persicaria madagascariensis Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See Flora of Zimbabwe.
Persicaria meisneriana
Persicaria senegalensis See Flora of Zimbabwe.
Persicaria setosula Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Persicaria strigosa Recorded from Zimbabwe.

Species naturalised in southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Persicaria amphibia
Persicaria capitata See Flora of Zimbabwe.
Persicaria hydropiper
Persicaria lapathifolia See Flora of Zimbabwe.
Persicaria limbata See Flora of Zimbabwe.
Persicaria nepalensis