Fagopyrum
| Fagopyrum | |
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| Fagopyrum esculentum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Fagopyrum Mill. |
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15-16, including:[1]
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The genus Fagopyrum is in the flowering plant family Polygonaceae.
Description
Fagopyrum contains 15 to 16 species of plants, including two important crop plants, Buckwheat or Fagopyrum esculentum, and Tartary buckwheat or Fagopyrum tataricum. They have similar uses, and are classed as pseudocereals, because they are used in the same way as cereals but do not belong to the grass family Poaceae.
Within Fagopyrum, the cultivated species are in the Cymosum group, including Fagopyrum dibotrys or Perennial buckwheat (formerly Fagopyrum cymosum),[2] Fagopyrum giganteum, and Fagopyrum homotropicum.[3]
This genus has five-petaled flowers arranged in a compound raceme that produces laterally flowered cymose clusters.[4]
Etymology
The name Fagopyrum is derived from the Greek words fagos, beech, and pyron, wheat.
References
- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of all Plant Species".
- ↑ PFAF Plant Database: Fagopyrum dibotrys (Perennial Buckwheat)
- ↑ T. Sharma, S. Jana (2002). "Species relationships in Fagopyrum revealed by PCR-based DNA fingerprinting". Theoretical and Applied Genetics 105 (2-3): 306–312. doi:10.1007/s00122-002-0938-9. PMID 12582533.
- ↑ M. Quinet, V. Cawoy, I Lefevre, F. Van Miegroet, A-L. Jaquemart, J.-M. Kinet. (2004). "Inflorescence structure and control of flowering time and duration by light in buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench)". Journal of Experimental Botany 55 (402): 1509–1517. doi:10.1093/jxb/erh164. PMID 15208346.
External links
- USDA Plants Profile: Fagopyrum
- Flora of North America: Fagopyrum
- Jepson Manual Treatment: Fagopyrum
- Lnmcp.mf.uni-lj.si: Fagopyrum Journal Archive
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