Fallopia

Fallopia
1885 illustration of Fallopia dumetorum[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Subfamily: Polygonoideae
Genus: Fallopia
Adans., not Lour.
Type species
Polygonum scandens
Synonyms[2]
  • Bilderdykia Dumort.
  • Helxine Raf.
  • Pleuropterus Turcz.
  • Tiniaria (Meisn.) Rchb.

Fallopia is a genus of about 12 species of flowering plants in the buckwheat family,[2] often included in a wider treatment of the related genus Polygonum in the past, and previously including Reynoutria.[3] 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.[3]

  1. ^ illustration from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference POWO_32490-1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SchuWilsKron11 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).