Summary
Place of publication:
Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 23:313. 1865 "platyclados"
Verified:
10/26/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
- Burger, W. C., ed. Flora costaricensis. 1971-
- Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
- Galasso, G. 2011. Review of Polygonaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
- Schuster, T. M. et al. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships of Muehlenbeckia, Fallopia, and Reynoutria (Polygonaceae) investigated with chloroplast and nuclear sequence data. Int. J. Pl. Sci. 172:1053-1066.
- Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
- Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3). 2001
- Womersley, J. S., ed. Handbooks of the flora of Papua New Guinea. 1978-
Common names
English
centipede-plant – ribbonbush – tapewormplant – Spanish
solitaria – tenia – Swedish
rembuske –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Solomon Islands | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Lima | |
Native
Asia-Tropical
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MALESIA:
Papua New Guinea
Pacific
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Solomon Islands
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Southern America
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MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua
-
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Peru [Lima]
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=24668.
Accessed 3 April 2026.