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Keywords: Abiotic factors; Adaptation; allocation theory; Annual precipitation; Aquatic plants; atmospheric precipitation; carbon‐nutrient balance hypothesis; China; climate; Cost allocation; Defoliation; Divergence; Emodin; Environmental factors; Environmental stress; geographical variation; Geographical variations; Japanese knotweed; Latitude; Latitudinal variations; Leaf area; Leaves; Metabolites; Natural populations; Nutrients; optimal defence; plant adaptation; Plant tissues; Polyphenols; Population studies; Quercetin; Resource conservation; Resveratrol; Reynoutria japonica; Rhizomes; secondary chemistry; Secondary metabolites; specific leaf area; temperature; trade‐offs; China