Polygonaceae, commonly known as the knotweed family, or in the United States as the smartweed buckwheat family, is a family of flowering plants in the order Caryophyllales comprising approximately 1,200 species across roughly 48 genera. Its members are marked by swollen stem nodes and by an ochrea, a papery sheath formed from fused stipules at the base of each leaf, with small bisexual flowers bearing three to six sepals and no petals. The family includes buckwheat, rhubarb, common sorrel, and sea grape, as well as the invasive Japanese knotweed.
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Parent Taxon Of
Source Bistorta officinalis (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Buckwheat
Source Wikidata: Fagopyrum tataricum
Source Wikidata: Japanese Knotweed
Source Wikidata: Rumex acetosella
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ156117, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Polygonaceae
WikipediaIntroduction
The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed-buckwheat family in the United States.
In Group: Other Eudicot Families, Lead
The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed-buckwheat family in the United States.
View the Source Wikidata: Polygonaceae
Wikidata Q156117, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikidata: Japanese Knotweed
Parent Taxon Of: Japanese Knotweed, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Rhubarb
Parent Taxon Of: Rhubarb, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Sorrel
Wikidata: Fagopyrum tataricum
Parent Taxon Of: Fagopyrum tataricum, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Buckwheat
Parent Taxon Of: Buckwheat, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Rumex acetosella
Parent Taxon Of: Rumex acetosella, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Bistorta officinalis (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Bistorta officinalis, IntroductionQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Bistorta officinalis, Introduction
Bistorta officinalis (synonym Persicaria bistorta), known as bistort, common bistort, European bistort, or meadow bistort, is a species of flowering plant in the dock family Polygonaceae native to Europe and northern and western Asia.
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