Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Caryophyllanae > Order Caryophyllales > Family Polygonaceae > Genus Bistorta

Bistorta officinalis Delarbre

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bistorta*	(L.) Adans.	accepted genus name
*Polygonum [unranked] Bistorta*	L.	basionym
*Bistorta affinis*	(D. Don) Greene	taxonomically included in
*Bistorta amplexicaulis*	(D. Don) Greene	taxonomically included in
*Bistorta carnea*	(K. Koch) Tzvelev	taxonomically included in
*Bistorta elliptica*	(Spreng.) V. V. Petrovsky, D. F. Murray & Elven	taxonomically included in
*Bistorta ensigera*	(Juz.) Tzvelev	taxonomically included in
*Bistorta officinalis*	Delarbre	taxonomically included in
*Bistorta vivipara*	(L.) Delarbre	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Persicaria bistorta*	(L.) Samp.	homotypic synonym
*Bistorta major*	Gray	heterotypic synonym
*Polygonum bistorta*	L.	replaced synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Aragonese: bistorta sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Basque: basa-piper sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Catalan: bistorta; bistorta vera sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Finnish: isokonnantatar sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Galician: bistorta sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Greek: Πολύγονον η Βιστόρτα sources: Kabbadas, D. S. 1957–1964: Eikonographemenon botanikon-phytologikon lexikon. – Athenai

High Aragonese: bistorta sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Icelandic: Slöngusúra sources: Wasowicz, P. 2020: Annotated checklist of vascular plants of Iceland. – Garðabæ: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands

Portuguese: bistorta; colubrina; serpentaria-vermelha; serpentária-vermelha sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Spanish, Castillian: bistorta; bistorta hembra; bistorta macho; bistorta menor; romaza retorcida; sierpe tendida; suelda colorada sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/