Fallopia

Fallopia scandens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Polygonaceae
Subfamilia: Polygonoideae
Tribus: Polygoneae
Subtribus: Reynoutriinae
Genus: Fallopia
Species: F. baldschuanica – F. convolvulus – F. cynanchoides – F. dentatoalata – F. denticulata – F. dumetorum – F. filipes – F. koreana – F. pterocarpa – F. scandens – F. schischkinii
Nothospecies: F. × heterocarpa

Name

Fallopia Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 274, 277, 557 (1763).

• Type species: Fallopia scandens (L.) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 6(2): 176 (1971).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Bilderdykia Dumort., Fl. Belg.: 18 (1827).
  • Tiniaria (Meisn.) Rchb., Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst.: 236 (1837).
  • Pleuropterus Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(I): 587 (1848).
  • Helxine Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 10 (1837).

References

Primary references

• Adanson, M. 1763. Familles des Plantes. II. partie. (24) + 640 pp. Paris: Vincent. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Schuster, T.M., Wilson, K.L. & Kron, K.A. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships of Muehlenbeckia, Fallopia, and Reynoutria (Polygonaceae) investigated with chloroplast and nuclear sequence data. International Journal of Plant Sciences 172(8): 1053–1066. DOI: 10.1086/661293 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Fallopia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 10 2017.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Fallopia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan. 2. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2017. Fallopia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Mar. 10. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2017. Fallopia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Mar. 2017.
• Fallopia – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Fallopiya
dansk: Pileurt
Deutsch: Flügelknöteriche
English: Knotweeds
eesti: Konnatatar
suomi: Kiertotattaret
magyar: Japánkeserűfű
日本語: ソバカズラ属
lietuvių: Pelėvirkštis
Nederlands: Kielduizendknoop
русский: Фаллопия
svenska: Bindor
中文（简体）: 何首乌属
中文（繁體）: 何首烏屬

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