Polygonaceae - Wikipedia The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States The name is based on the genus Polygonum, and was first used by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789 in his book, Genera Plantarum [2]
Polygonaceae | plant family | Britannica Polygonaceae consists mostly of herbs and some trees, shrubs, and vines The leaves of this family alternate along the stem, and the stipules are usually united into a sheath that surrounds the stem at the base of the leaf petiole
Polygonaceae: Characters, Distribution and Types - Biology Discussion The Polygonaceae is related to the Amaranthaceae, Chenopodiaceae and Nyctaginaceae in the plan of floral structure, but differs from them by the presence of orchreate stipules, triangular ovary, solitary erect ovule and S-shaped embryo
Family: Polygonaceae — buckwheat family - Go Botany Family: Polygonaceae — buckwheat family Our New England species in the Polygonaceae are primarily herbs or vines The leaves are usually alternate on the stem and may also grow in a rosette at the base of the plant
Polygonaceae (Smartweed Family) - FSUS Common name: Smartweed Family A family of about 50 genera and 1100-1200 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs, cosmopolitan, but especially north temperate
POLYGONACEAE - Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History USES There are a few reports on the utility of Polygonaceae lianas These are restricted to the use of various species of Antigonon as ornamental plants, planted around the tropics for their attractive red or pink flowers
Introduction to the Polygonaceae The Polygonaceae are a group of about 30 to 50 genera and more than 1000 species of caryophyllid flowering plants that are closely related to the Plumbaginaceae Like most plants, but unlike most caryophyllids, the Polygonaceae have anthocyanin pigments
POLYGONACEAE - TheBackCountry The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States The name is based on the genus Polygonum, and was first used by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789 in his book, Genera Plantarum
Taxonomy browser (Polygonaceae) The APG III system incorporates molecular data and phylogenetic methods and represents the most up-to-date classification of flowering plants Stevens, P F (2001 onwards) Angiosperm Phylogeny Website Version 12, July 2012 [and more or less continuously updated since] Freeman CL and Reveal JL 2005 Polygonaceae Jussieu