Kingdom: Plantae (2593)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2490)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2105)
Order: Polygonales (28)
Family: Polygonaceae (30)(family description)
Genus: Persicaria (6)
Epithet: senegalensis (Meisn.) Sojak (5)
senegalensis => from the banks of the river Senegal in West-Africa