Polygonum amplexicaule D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 70. 1825

is basionym for Bistorta amplexicaulis (D. Don) Greene in Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 21. 1904

is basionym for Persicaria amplexicaulis (D. Don) Ronse Decr. in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 98: 368. 1988

Taxon for this name