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Polygonum alpinum All. Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum carneum C. Koch Polygonum hydropiper L. Polygonaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Caucasus

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Synonyms

Polygonum aviculare L.: Avicularia vulgaris Didr.; Centinodium axillare Montandon; Polygonum agreste Sumner; Polygonum aphyllum Krock.; Polygonum araraticum Kom.; Polygonum ganderbalense Munshi & Javeid; Polygonum monspeliense Thiéb.-Bern. ex Pers.; Polygonum retinerve Vorosch.; Polygonum rubescens Small; Polygonum scythicum Klokov; Polygonum striatum K. Koch; Polygonum berteroi Phil.; Polygonum uruguense H. Gross

Polygonum carneum C. Koch: Bistorta carnea (C. Koch) Kom

Local Names

Azerbaijan: Polygonum aviculare: Qırxbuğum, Yolotu; Polygonum carneum: Ətrəng bistorta, Ətrəng qırxbuğum; Polygonum hydropiper: Su bibəri; Georgia: Polygonum alpinum: – ts’artkhali, – letsir (Svanetian), – ts’ertkhali (Mokhevian, Khevsurian), – ch’ert’khalai (Mokhevian, Mthiuletian), – khakoli (Pshavian); Polygonum aviculare: – chveulebrivi mat’it’ela, – admek’ (Svanetian), – gverishi lak’art’i (Megrelian), – tiateria (Rachian, Lechkhumian), – k’amp’et’i (Megrelian), – k’erda (Gurian), – mamali...

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  1. Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Botanikuri St. 1, 0105, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Ketevan Batsatsashvili, Manana Khutsishvili, Inesa Maisaia, Shalva Sikharulidze & David Tchelidze

  2. Institute of Botany, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan

    Naiba Mehdiyeva & Valida Alizade

  3. Institute of Botany of National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia

    George Fayvush & Alla Aleksanyan

  4. 4-D Research Institute, Ilia State University, 5, Cholokasvili Ave., 0162, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Zaal Kikvidze

  5. Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Instituto de Ecología-UMSA, Campus Universitario, Cota Cota Calle 27, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana

  6. William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO, 63166-0299, USA

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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Batsatsashvili, K. et al. (2016). Polygonum alpinum All. Polygonum aviculare L. Polygonum carneum C. Koch Polygonum hydropiper L. Polygonaceae . In: Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Caucasus. European Ethnobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50009-6_80-1

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