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	Persicaria minor  (HUDS.) OPIZ

Fam.: Polygonaceae / Knotweed Fam.

Synon.:  Polygonum minus  HUDS.

Genus:  Persicaria  (L.) MILL.,  Polygonum  L.

Authors:
	HUDS.:		William Hudson (1730 - 1793), British pharmacist and botanist
	OPIZ:		Philipp Maximilian Opiz (1787 - 1858), Czech-German botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	MILL.:		Philip Miller (1691 - 1771), English gardener

Etymology:
	Persicaria:		peach-like
	minor:		small
	Polygonum:		polys = many, gone = offspring

Fig. 1:  Persicaria minor / Small Water-Pepper S Kullaberg 14.8.2009

Fig. 2:  Persicaria minor / Small Water-Pepper S Kullaberg 14.8.2009

Fig. 3:  Persicaria minor / Small Water-Pepper S Kullaberg 14.8.2009

Fig. 4:  Persicaria minor / Small Water-Pepper D Mörfelden-Walldorf 6.8.2007

Fig. 5:  Persicaria minor / Small Water-Pepper D Mörfelden-Walldorf 6.8.2007

Fig. 6:  Persicaria minor / Small Water-Pepper D Mörfelden-Walldorf 6.8.2007

Fig. 7:  Persicaria minor / Small Water-Pepper B Moresnet 21.8.2022

Fig. 8:  Persicaria minor / Small Water-Pepper B Moresnet 21.8.2022

Fig. 9:  Persicaria minor / Small Water-Pepper B Moresnet 21.8.2022

Fig. 10:  Persicaria minor / Small Water-Pepper B Moresnet 21.8.2022

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