Polygonaceae

Plants

63 genera · 1783 species in the Library

About

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. The name may refer to the many swollen nodes the stems of some species have, being derived from Greek. Alternatively, it may have a different origin, meaning 'many seeds'.

Summary from Wikipedia

Rumex

339 species

Eriogonum

273 species

Polygonum

214 species

Coccoloba

197 species

Persicaria

151 species

Rheum

65 species

Chorizanthe

64 species

Calligonum

57 species

Atraphaxis

51 species

Koenigia

51 species

Bistorta

46 species

Ruprechtia

37 species

Oxygonum

36 species

Fagopyrum

32 species

Muehlenbeckia

29 species

Triplaris

24 species

Polygonella

13 species

Fallopia

10 species

Reynoutria

9 species

Pteropyrum

7 species

Antigonon

5 species

Oxytheca

5 species

Oxyria

4 species

Duma

3 species

Lastarriaea

3 species

Neomillspaughia

3 species

Podopterus

3 species

Polygonocarpum

3 species

Sidotheca

3 species

Afrobrunnichia

2 species

Caelestium

2 species

Coccolobites

2 species

Gymnopodium

2 species

Johanneshowellia

2 species

Leptogonum

2 species

Mucronea

2 species

Parogonum

2 species

Polycolporopollenites

2 species

Pteroxygonum

2 species

Stenogonum

2 species

Systenotheca

2 species

Acanthoscyphus

1 species

Aconogonum

1 species

Aristocapsa

1 species

Bactria

1 species

Brunnichia

1 species

Centrostegia

1 species

Dedeckera

1 species

Dodecahema

1 species

Gilmania

1 species

Goodmania

1 species

Harfordia

1 species

Harpagocarpus

1 species

Hollisteria

1 species

Knorringia

1 species

Magoniella

1 species

Nemacaulis

1 species

Polygonacidites

1 species

Polygonites

1 species

Pterostegia

1 species

Reyllopia

1 species

Salta

1 species

Symmeria

1 species