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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Tribe:	Persicarieae
Genus:	Cephalophilon
Species:	C.capitatum
Binomial name
*Cephalophilon capitatum* (Buch.-Hamilton ex D.Don) Tzvelev
Synonyms
Persicaria capitata H.Gross

Cephalophilon is a revalidated genus by taxonomist from Pakistan , sometimes treated as sect of Persicaria Morphology of achenes closed to Koenigia,

Taxa

C capitatum (i.e. P.capitata (Buch.-Ham.ex D.Don)H.Gross )

Pink-head knotweed

C.glaciale Qaiser et A.Perveen (syn. Persicaria glaciale H. Hara)
C.humilis
C.sinuatum

Persicaria chinense (Polygonum chinense L.)

Kong M.-J & S.-P Hong 2018. Comparative achene morpohology of Perscaria sect Cephalophilon and related taxa (Polygonaceae). Korean J Pl Taxon 48(2):134-142

Kim S and MJ Donogue 2008 Molecular phylogeny of Persicaria (Persicarieae) Polygonaceae Syst Bot. 33:77-86

Images for kids

Illustration from the Japanaese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu (1804)
Persicaria amphibia
Persicaria glabra
Persicaria longiseta
Persicaria minor
Persicaria orientalis

See also

In Spanish: Persicaria para niños

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