Fallopia

Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Fallopia Adans.
POLYGONACEAE
FALSE BUCKWHEAT
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Classification
CARYOPHYLLALES
Fallopia
Citation
Fallopia Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 277, 557. 1763.
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TYPE: Fallopia scandens (Linnaeus) Holub 1971. (Polygonum scandens Linnaeus 1753.)
Distribution Map Present

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Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Fallopia convolvulus BLACK BINDWEED Not Native FACU (NWPL)
Fallopia scandens CLIMBING FALSE BUCKWHEAT Native FAC (NWPL)
Identification Key
1.  Fruiting perianth without wings or wings to 1 mm wide; achene dull, minutely granular-tuberculate
F. convolvulus
1.  Fruiting perianth with wings 1-2.1 mm wide; achene shiny, smooth
F. scandens
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Bilderdykia Bilderdykia Dumortier, Fl. Belg. 18. 1827. YPE: Bilderdykia convolvulus (Linnaeus) Dumortier 1827. (Polygonum convolvulus Linnaeus 1753.) Typified by Juncker, Taxon 2: 209. 1953.
Helxine Helxine Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 3: 10. 1837 ("1836"), non (Linnaeus) Linnaeus 1758. TYPE: = Fallopia Adanson 1763.
Pleuropterus Pleuropterus Turczaninow, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(1): 587. 1848. TYEP: Pleuropterus cordatus Turzcqaninow 1848.
Tiniaria Tiniaria (Meisner) Reichenbach, Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 236. 1837. BASIONYM: Polygonum Linnaeus, sect. Tiniaria Meisner, Monogr. Polyg. 62. 1826. TYPE: Tiniaria convolvulus (Linnaeus) Webb & Moquin-Tandon 1840. (Polygonum convolvulus Linnaeus 1753.) Typified by Boerner, Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen 21: 277. 1912. = Bilderdykia Dumortier 1812, by lectotypification.