Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-663.65.00
Persicarioideae
Clades: Polygonales; Caryophyllidae; Asteranae; Angiospermae; Plants.
Genera: Bistorta, Cephalophilon, Koenigia, Oxygonum, Persicaria.
Taxonomy
Persicarioideae is a subfamily in Polygonaceae. It consist mostly of the extensive genus Persicaria. Persicarioideae is placed in Subphase 5 in Plant theory 2. The inclusion of Oxygonum is questionable.