Fallopia convolvulus

"Black bindweed" redirects here. For another plant with the same common name, see Dioscorea communis.
This article is about the Eurasian/African plant sometimes known as wild buckwheat. For other plants which share the same common name, see Buckwheat (disambiguation).

Fallopia convolvulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Fallopia
Species:
F. convolvulus
Binomial name
Fallopia convolvulus
(L.) Á.Löve 1970
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Polygonum convolvulus L. 1753
  • Bilderdykia convolvulus (L.) Dumort
  • Fagopyrum carinatum Moench
  • Fagopyrum convolvulus (L.) H.Gross
  • Helxine convolvulus (L.) Raf.
  • Reynoutria convolvulus (L.) Shinners
  • Tiniaria convolvulus (L.) Webb & Moq.
  • Fagopyrum volubile Gilib.
  • Polygonum convolvulaceum Lam.
  • Polygonum infestum Salisb.

Fallopia convolvulus, the black-bindweed or wild buckwheat, is a fast-growing annual flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae native throughout Europe, Asia and northern Africa.[2][3][4][5][6]

Synonyms include Polygonum convolvulus L. (basionym), Bilderdykia convolvulus (L.) Dumort, Fagopyrum convolvulus (L.) H.Gross, Fagopyrum carinatum Moench, Helxine convolvulus (L.) Raf., Reynoutria convolvulus (L.) Shinners, and Tiniaria convolvulus (L.) Webb & Moq.[3][4] Other old folk names include bear-bind, bind-corn, climbing bindweed, climbing buckwheat, corn-bind, corn bindweed, devil's tether, and wild buckwheat.[citation needed]

  1. ^ The Plant List, Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve
  2. ^ Flora of NW Europe: Fallopia convolvulus[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b Flora of China: Fallopia convolvulus
  4. ^ a b Flora of Pakistan: Fallopia convolvulus
  5. ^ Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C., 1989. Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. ISBN 0-340-40170-2.
  6. ^ "Fallopia convolvulus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 24 December 2017.