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

Polygonum oxyspermum Ledeb.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Polygonum*	L.	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Finnish: meritatar sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Swedish: näbbtrampört

Literature

original description	Ledebour, C.F. (1824). Supplementum II. Indicis Seminum Horti Academici Dorpatensis.
basis of record	Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast [Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust]. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. ISBN 90-403-0205-7. 416, ill., appendices pp.
nomenclatural reference	Index Sem. Hort. Dorpat. , suppl. 2: 5. 1824

Genbank

Citation

Uotila, P. 2017+: Polygonaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. Polygonum oxyspermum Ledeb. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/e91a661b-3211-46c3-adce-10a9deb48427

WoRMS (2025). Polygonum oxyspermum C.A. Mey. & Bunge ex Ledeb. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426061