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 The smartweed or buckwheat family, Polygonaceae, consists of popular vegetables and cultivated ornamentals The most notable species is buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); its edible seeds are used sometimes in flour, particularly for buckwheat pancakes, and portions of the plant are frequently included in animal feed …
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
POLYGONACEAE - Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History POLYGONACEAE P Acevedo-Rodríguez A nearly cosmopolitan family of 55 genera and ~1,115 species of herbs, shrubs, trees, and lianas The 36 species of climbing Polygonaceae in the Neotropics are endemic to this region, representing six genera which are also endemic or predominantly represented in the Neotropics
Introduction to the Polygonaceae - University of California Museum of . . . 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
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 in Flora of North America @ efloras. org Polygonaceae has been divided variously into subfamilies (S A Graham and C E Wood Jr 1965; K Haraldson 1978; J Brandbyge 1993); two often are recognized based on morphological evidence: Eriogonoideae and Polygonoideae
Polygonaceae (Smartweed Family) - FSUS A family of about 50 genera and 1100-1200 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs, cosmopolitan, but especially north temperate
PlantNET - FloraOnline - Botanic Gardens Family Polygonaceae Description: Annual or perennial herbs, shrubs or climbers; stems often with swollen nodes, the nodes surrounded by a membranous or scarious sheath (ocrea), usually shortly tubular, often disintegrating [or reduced or rarely absent]