Eriogonum
Sign in to saveEriogonum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae. The genus is found in North America and is known as wild buckwheat. This is a highly species-rich genus, and indications are that active speciation is continuing. It includes some common wildflowers, such as the California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum).
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyPolygonaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,016
- With media
- 3,061
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Collections
- INECOL, IBUNAM, MSC, ENCB-IPN, TEX, CIBNOR
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
Research
39 papers- A field-validated ensemble species distribution model of Eriogonum pelinophilum, an endangered subshrub in Colorado, USA.Ecology and evolution · 2023
- Beneficial insects attracted to native flowering buckwheats (Eriogonum Michx) in central Washington.Environmental entomology · 2014
- Microsatellite primers for the narrowly endemic shrub Eriogonum giganteum (Polygonaceae).American journal of botany · 2011
- Metabolites of Eriogonum umbellatum.Planta medica · 1990
- How specialized is a soil specialist? Early life history responses of a rare Eriogonum to site-level variation in volcanic soils.American journal of botany · 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Eriogonoideae
- Image
- Eriogonum umbellatum 1.jpg
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- taxon name
- Eriogonum
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Eriogonum
- Commons category
- Eriogonum
- taxon common name
- 绒毛蓼属
- taxonomic type
- Eriogonum tomentosum
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Eriogonum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae. The genus is found in North America and is known as wild buckwheat. This is a highly species-rich genus, and indications are that active speciation is continuing. It includes some common wildflowers, such as the California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum).
The genus derived its name from the Greek word erion meaning 'wool' and gonu meaning 'knee or joint'. The author of the genus, Michaux, explained the name as describing the first named species of the genus (E. tomentosum) as a wooly plant with sharply bent stems ("planta lanata, geniculata"). Despite sharing the common name "buckwheat", Eriogonum is part of a different genus from the cultivated European buckwheat and than other plant species also called wild buckwheat.
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