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Polygonaceae

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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 ( meaning and meaning or ). Alternatively, it may have a different origin, meaning 'many seeds'.

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Polygonaceae is a family of plants within the order Caryophyllales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The taxon is classified under the kingdom Plantae and has the type species Polygonum. It is accepted as a valid taxonomic group. Common names for the family include duizendknoopfamilie, centinodias, and Qırxbuğumkimilər.

Records of Polygonaceae are held by institutions in Mexico, Honduras, the United States, Colombia, and China. The family is associated with marine and freshwater habitats.

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Species

duizendknoopfamilie

Polygonaceae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderCaryophyllales
  5. FamilyPolygonaceae
Habitatmarine, freshwater
Observations20
Observations recorded10,498,855

蓼科海葡萄屬的海葡萄 蓼科（Polygonaceae），是一種多年生挺水植物種類，高從40公分到160公分以上都有。葉子通常呈現兩兩互生及長針狀，有柄。花朵則通常長成穗狀。一般來說，該種植物都生長在水田，人造溝渠或溼地。 蓼科約有50屬，1120種。本科植物主要分佈於溫帶地區，有少數種類分佈於熱帶地區，中国有12属约200余种。植株為草本、灌木或小喬木。花雌雄同株或雌雄異株。 在克朗奎斯特系統裡为蓼科单独设立一个蓼目。而最近的APG II系統（2003年）則是將蓼科處理為石竹目下的一個科。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
3,952
With media
2,248
Family
Polygonaceae
Collections
IIB-UV, STDOM, IBUNAM, OSU, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, BRIT
Recorded in
Mexico, Honduras, United States, Colombia, China
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Research

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Description
  • Genera
  • Former genera
  • Phylogeny
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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 ( meaning and meaning or ). Alternatively, it may have a different origin, meaning 'many seeds'.

The Polygonaceae comprise about 1200 species distributed into about 48 genera. The largest genera are Eriogonum (240 species), Rumex (200 species), Coccoloba (120 species), Persicaria (100 species) and Calligonum (80 species). The family is present worldwide, but is most diverse in the North Temperate Zone.

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