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Bistorta officinalis  DELARBRE

Fam.: Polygonaceae / Knotweed Fam.

Synon.:  Polygonum bistorta  L.

Genus:  Bistorta  L.,  Polygonum  L.

Authors:
	DELARBRE:		Antoine Delarbre (1724 - 1813), French botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Bistorta:		twice twisted
	officinalis:		medicine
	Polygonum:		polys = many, gone = offspring
	bistorta:		twice twisted

Fig. 1:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort D Odenwald, Hilsenhain 20.5.2006

Fig. 2:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort D Odenwald, Hilsenhain 20.5.2006

Fig. 3:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort D Odenwald, Hilsenhain 20.5.2006

Fig. 4:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort D Schriesheim-Altenbach 14.7.2006

Fig. 5:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort D Schriesheim-Altenbach 23.6.2006

Fig. 6:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort D Odenwald, Wahlen 30.5.2014

Fig. 7:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort D Odenwald, Wahlen 30.5.2014

Fig. 8:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort D Odenwald, Wahlen 30.5.2014

Fig. 9:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 29.5.2022

Fig. 10:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 29.5.2022

Fig. 11:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort D Black-Forest, Feldberg 29.6.2008

Fig. 12:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort D Black-Forest, Feldberg 24.6.2007

Fig. 13:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort D Black-Forest, Feldberg 24.6.2007

Fig. 14:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort D Black-Forest, Belchen 22.7.2017

Fig. 15:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort D Gochsheim 17.5.2018

Fig. 16:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort D Gochsheim 17.5.2018

Fig. 17:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort D Rhön, Heidelstein 20.6.2023

Fig. 18:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort F Pyrenees, Eyne 9.8.2006

Fig. 19:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort F Pyrenees, Eyne 9.8.2006

Fig. 20:  Bistorta officinalis / Common Bistort F Pyrenees, Eyne 4.8.2018

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