Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Caryophyllanae > Order Caryophyllales > Family Polygonaceae > Genus Bistorta

Bistorta elliptica (Spreng.) V. V. Petrovsky, D. F. Murray & Elven

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bistorta*	(L.) Adans.	accepted genus name
*Polygonum [unranked] Bistorta*	L.	basionym

Species group names

*Polygonum ellipticum*	Spreng.	basionym
*Polygonum bistorta subsp. ellipticum*	(Spreng.) V. V. Petrovsky	homotypic synonym
*Polygonum bistorta subsp. bistorta*	sensu A. I. Tolmachev (Russian Edition Editor), J. G. Packer (English Edition Editor) & G. C. D. Griffiths (Translator) 2000: Flora of the Russian Arctic: a critical review of the vascular plants occurring in the arctic region of the former Soviet Union 3	misapplied name

Literature

nomenclatural reference	in J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 435. 2008

Genbank

Citation

Uotila, P. Bistorta elliptica (Spreng.) V. V. Petrovsky, D. F. Murray & Elven. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b8f8f67d-d8ac-4db7-8014-8040a5ca8102

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Importance

CITES:
appendix 1 This species is listed on the CITES Appendix I which means it is threatened with extinction and CITES prohibits international trade in specimens of these species except when the purpose of the import is not commercial, for instance for scientific research.