Polygonaceae
Fagopyrum

Fagopyrum cymosum (Trevir.) Meisn.

First published in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 63 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to China and Indo-China. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

France, Great Britain, Japan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1983). Flora of Bhutan 1(1): 1-186. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2021). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 3: 1-331. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919. [Cited as Fagopyrum acutatum.]
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Japan IIa: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo. [Cited as Fagopyrum dibotrys.]
  • Qaiser, M. (2001). Flora of Pakistan 205: 1-190. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi. [Cited as Fagopyrum dibotrys.]
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2003). Flora of China 5: 1-505. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis). [Cited as Fagopyrum dibotrys.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akeroyd, J.R. (2013). Docks and Knotweeds of Britain and Ireland: 1-258. Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Chayamarit, K. & Balslev, H. (2018). Flora of Thailand 14(1): 1-184. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Japan IIa: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2003). Flora of China 5: 1-505. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wallich, N. [1689] Nepal K000831231 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [1689] Nepal K000831232 Unknown Type Material Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [Cat. no. s.n.] India Polygonum cymosum K001132909 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 1689] Polygonum triangulare K001113865 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1689] India Polygonum triangulare K001113864 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1689] Nepal Polygonum triangulare K000639681 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baron, R. [137] Madagascar Polygonum tristachyum K000244068 Holotype No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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