Specimen Label Details, UVU Herbarium

Polygonaceae ¦ Polygonum ¦ Polygonum viviparum ¦ 00034

Label

Accession No.	00034
Family	Polygonaceae
Species	Polygonum viviparum L.
Common name	"alpine bistort"
Collector Information	J.G. Harris (1754)
Geography	Greenland, ,
Lat./Long.	69° 12' 0.01" N, 51° 4 ' 0.01" W at 98 feet (29 m)
Locality	Semermiut area S of Ilulissat (Jakobshavn).
Ecology	Heath tundra.

Taxonomy

Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Polygonum viviparum L.
     Bistorta vivipara (L.) S.F. Gray
     Polygonum fugax Small
     Polygonum macounii Small ex Macoun
     Polygonum viviparum var. alpinum Wahlenb.
     Polygonum viviparum var. macounii (Small ex Macoun) Hultén

Common Name(s): alpine bistort, serpent-grass, viviparous bistort.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=20864, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Caryophyllidae
                            Order: Polygonales
                                Family: Polygonaceae
                                    Genus: Polygonum
                                        Species: Polygonum viviparum

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):

Images of other samples of the same species:

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Nearby Accessions

Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.

00019 Alopecurus alpinus    "boreal alopecurus" same section
00015 Antennaria ekmaniana    "Ekman's pussytoes" same section
01180 Arnica alpina    same section
00031 Campanula rotundifolia    "bluebell bellflower" same section
00017 Cerastium alpinum ssp. lanatum "alpine chickweed" same section
00028 Draba cinerea    "grayleaf draba" same section
00002 Eriophorum scheuchzeri    "white cottongrass" same section
00030 Pedicularis lanata    "woolly lousewort" same section
00033 Potentilla rubricaulis    "red-stemmed cinquefoil" same section
00020 Pyrola grandiflora    "large-flowered wintergreen" same section
00022 Salix arctica    same section
00010 Salix arctica    same section
00032 Saxifraga nivalis    "alpine saxifrage" same section
00029 Saxifraga tricuspidata    "three-toothed saxifrage" same section
00039 Stellaria longipes var. monantha "meadow starwort" same section
00006 Viscaria alpina    same section

Accession	Name	Dist., dir.
00019	Alopecurus alpinus "boreal alopecurus"	same section
00015	Antennaria ekmaniana "Ekman's pussytoes"	same section
01180	Arnica alpina	same section
00031	Campanula rotundifolia "bluebell bellflower"	same section
00017	Cerastium alpinum ssp. lanatum "alpine chickweed"	same section
00028	Draba cinerea "grayleaf draba"	same section
00002	Eriophorum scheuchzeri "white cottongrass"	same section
00030	Pedicularis lanata "woolly lousewort"	same section
00033	Potentilla rubricaulis "red-stemmed cinquefoil"	same section
00020	Pyrola grandiflora "large-flowered wintergreen"	same section
00022	Salix arctica	same section
00010	Salix arctica	same section
00032	Saxifraga nivalis "alpine saxifrage"	same section
00029	Saxifraga tricuspidata "three-toothed saxifrage"	same section
00039	Stellaria longipes var. monantha "meadow starwort"	same section
00006	Viscaria alpina	same section

Locale

Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name

Links

Taxon Links for species Polygonum viviparum L.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database

University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Polygonum+viviparum

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