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Fagopyrum tataricum

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Fagopyrum tataricum, known as Tartary buckwheat, is a domesticated food plant in the family Polygonaceae, in the same genus as common buckwheat though not closely related to true cereal grains despite often being grouped with them. It was domesticated in East Asia and remains common in the Himalayas and parts of southwest China including Sichuan province, and is also cultivated today in Europe and North America, though it is relatively unfamiliar as a food in the West. It is more bitter than common buckwheat and contains notably higher levels of rutin along with other flavonoids and phenolic acids. The plant is commonly roasted to make buckwheat tea and can be distilled into alcohol, and it saw a surge of popularity in Japan in the late 1990s as a health supplement valued for its rutin content; when it grows among other crops it is generally treated as a weed. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Domesticated 1
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
GNR Unranked 3
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Scientific Name
Fagopyrum tataricum 5
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 6
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Polygonaceae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Fagopyrum tataricum
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Sources
1. Fagopyrum tataricum (Wikipedia)
lead sentence (diet), EntityId 365699
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Fagopyrum tataricum, also known as Tartary buckwheat, green buckwheat, ku qiao, Tatar buckwheat, or bitter buckwheat, is a domesticated food plant in the genus Fagopyrum in the family Polygonaceae.
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. NatureServe Explorer: Fagopyrum tataricum
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"roundedGRank": "GNR"
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Caryophyllales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12413
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"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Caryophyllales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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5. Wikipedia: Fagopyrum tataricum
WikipediaWikidata Q12358 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
6. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Fagopyrum tataricum
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2889378, category field
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"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Wikidata: Fagopyrum tataricum
Child Taxon Of: Polygonaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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