Dock family
POLYGONACEAE in Australia

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Christine Ashe

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Acetosa sagittata Turkey Rhubarb Sydney, November 2006	Antigonon leptopus Coral Vine Sydney, November 2006	Homalocladium platycladum Tapeworm Plant Wyee, November 2007	Muehlenbeckia adpressa Climbing Lignum Tibooburra, NSW Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens,
Muehlenbergia complexa Wire Vine Manly, December 2008	Persicaria decipiens Slender Knotweed Wyee, March 2007	Persicaria maculosa Redshank Sydney, December 2006	Polygonum capitatum Pink Knotweed Sydney, August 2006
Rheum rhabarbarum Rhubarb Sydney, June 2007	Rumex brownii Swamp Dock Wyee, March 2008	Rumex conglomeratus Clustered Dock Wyee, November 2007	Rumex crispus Dock Gympie, October 2006

Caterpillars of some Australian Butterflies and Moths favour species in POLYGONACEAE for their foodplant, including:

Pyropteron doryliformis	Hypolimnas bolina	Apina callisto	Hippotion celerio	Hippotion scrofa
Ostrinia furnacalis	Merophyas divulsana	Achaea janata	Aloa marginata	Neumichtis saliaris

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Australian butterflies

Plant Classes

Australian moths

(updated 15 May 2010)