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Fallopia
Sign in to saveFallopia is a genus of about 12 species of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, in the past often included in a wider treatment of the related genus Polygonum, and previously including Reynoutria. The genus is native to temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere, but species have been introduced elsewhere. The genus includes species forming vines and shrubs.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyPolygonaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 293
- With media
- 178
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Collections
- CAS, MSC, MEL, WIS, MU, UWSP
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia, Netherlands
Research
676 papers- Aloe-emodin: A review of its pharmacology, toxicity, and pharmacokinetics.Phytotherapy research : PTR · 2020
- T2T genome assemblies of Fallopia multiflora (Heshouwu) and F. multiflora var. angulata.Scientific data · 2024
- Fallopia japonica Root Extract Ameliorates Ovalbumin-Induced Airway Inflammation in a CARAS Mouse Model by Modulating the IL-33/TSLP/NF-κB Signaling Pathway.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
- Fallopia japonica and Fallopia × bohemica extracts cause ultrastructural and biochemical changes in root tips of radish seedlings.Physiologia plantarum · 2023
- Fallopia Japonica and Prunella vulgaris inhibit myopia progression by suppressing AKT and NFκB mediated inflammatory reactions.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2022
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Classification and phylogeny
- Species
- Former species
- Hybrids
- Distribution
- Ecology
- References
- External links
Fallopia is a genus of about 12 species of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, in the past often included in a wider treatment of the related genus Polygonum, and previously including Reynoutria. The genus is native to temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere, but species have been introduced elsewhere. The genus includes species forming vines and shrubs.
==Description== Species of Fallopia grow as vines, lianas, shrubs or subshrubs. Unlike species of the related genus Duma, they do not have thornlike tips to their branches. Nectaries are present outside the flowers (extrafloral). Plants usually have bisexual flowers. More rarely they may be dioecious, each plant only having flowers with either functional stamens or a functional pistil. The flowers are arranged in a raceme. The tepals of the flowers are dry and paper-like when mature. The flowers have short styles with partially fused stigmas forming a "head". The fruits are achenes with three sharp edges.
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