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Reynoutria sachalinensis, the giant knotweed or Sakhalin knotweed, (syns. Polygonum sachalinense , Fallopia sachalinensis ) is a species of Fallopia native to northeastern Asia in northern Japan ( Hokkaidō , Honshū ) and the far east of Russia ( Sakhalin and the southern Kurile Islands ).
[1] [2] Common names include Japanese knotweed [2] and Asian knotweed. [3] It is native to East Asia in Japan , China and Korea . In North America and Europe , the species has successfully established itself in numerous habitats, and is classified as a pest and invasive species in several countries.
Persicaria capitata, the pink-headed persicaria, [2] pinkhead smartweed, [3] pink knotweed, Japanese knotweed, or pink bubble persicaria, is an Asian species of plants in the genus Persicaria within the Polygonaceae (US: buckwheat) family.
Illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu (1804) Persicaria is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the knotweed family, Polygonaceae. Plants of the genus are known commonly as knotweeds [2]: 436 or smartweeds. [3] It has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring nearly worldwide.
Aphalara itadori, the Japanese knotweed psyllid, is a species of psyllid from Japan which feeds on Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica).. The UK Government licensed the use of this species as a biological control to counter the spread of Japanese knotweed in England; this was the first time that biological control of a weed was sanctioned in the European Union.
Knotweed is a common name for plants in several genera in the family Polygonaceae. Knotweed may refer to: Fallopia; Persicaria; Polygonum; Reynoutria. Reynoutria japonica or Japanese knotweed, a highly invasive species in Europe and North America
Gallerucida bifasciata, Japanese knotweed leaf beetle. Gallerucida is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least 19 described species in Gallerucida. They are found in Indomalaya and eastern Asia. [1] [2]
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