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Fallopia
Genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family Polygonaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Fallopia | |
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1885 illustration of Fallopia dumetorum[1] | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Polygonaceae |
Subfamily: | Polygonoideae |
Genus: | Fallopia Adans., not Lour. |
Type species | |
Polygonum scandens | |
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