Polygonum chinense, Tseng Yu-Hsin 1336--Taiwan. Xitou Nature Education Area. Giant Tree Logging Rd. 22 May 2016. DSC03924 (60).JPG
Polygonum chinense, Tseng Yu-Hsin 1336--Taiwan. Xitou Nature Education Area. Giant Tree Logging Rd. 22 May 2016. DSC03924 (68).JPG
Polygonum chinense, Tseng Yu-Hsin 1336--Taiwan. Xitou Nature Education Area. Giant Tree Logging Rd. 22 May 2016. DSC03924 (75).JPG
Polygonum chinense, Tseng Yu-Hsin 1336--Taiwan. Xitou Nature Education Area. Giant Tree Logging Rd. 22 May 2016. DSC03924 (59).JPG
Polygonum chinense, Tseng Yu-Hsin 1336--Taiwan. Xitou Nature Education Area. Giant Tree Logging Rd. 22 May 2016. DSC03924 (70).JPG
Polygonum chinense, Tseng Yu-Hsin 1336--Taiwan. Xitou Nature Education Area. Giant Tree Logging Rd. 22 May 2016. DSC03924 (74).JPG
Polygonum chinense, Tseng Yu-Hsin 1336--Taiwan. Xitou Nature Education Area. Giant Tree Logging Rd. 22 May 2016. DSC03924 (76).JPG
Polygonum chinense, Tseng Yu-Hsin 1336--Taiwan. Xitou Nature Education Area. Giant Tree Logging Rd. 22 May 2016. DSC03924 (72).JPG
Polygonum chinense, Tseng Yu-Hsin 1336--Taiwan. Xitou Nature Education Area. Giant Tree Logging Rd. 22 May 2016. DSC03924 (57).JPG
Polygonum chinense, Tseng Yu-Hsin 1336--Taiwan. Xitou Nature Education Area. Giant Tree Logging Rd. 22 May 2016. DSC03924 (71).JPG
Polygonum chinense, Tseng Yu-Hsin 1336--Taiwan. Xitou Nature Education Area. Giant Tree Logging Rd. 22 May 2016. DSC03924 (58).JPG
Polygonum chinense, Tseng Yu-Hsin 1336--Taiwan. Xitou Nature Education Area. Giant Tree Logging Rd. 22 May 2016. DSC03924 (73).JPG
Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya; introduced into Hawaii, Jamaica, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pakistan, Réunion (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Taiwan, Nantou County, Lugu Township (Lugu Township, Neihu)
23.669361, 120.803833
Location Remarks
Xitou Nature Education Area (termination of Road 151). Giant Tree Logging Trail/Bird Watching Trail. 1381 m elev.
Collectors
Tseng Yu-Hsin, Kuo Wen-Hsi, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Persicaria
Specific Epithet
chinensis
Authorship
(L.) H.Gross
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 8.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.8
Global rank
#60,617 of 335,497
Top 19%
Extinction probability
11%
