Fallopia , or Overlord [2] ( lat. Fallopia ) - a genus of plants of the Buckwheat family ( Polygonaceae ), is found in the temperate and subtropical climate of the northern hemisphere .
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 Fallopia dumetorum . Botanical illustration from a book by O. V. Tome Flora von Deutschland, Γsterreich und der Schweiz , 1885 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fallopia Adans. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Botanical Description
Annual and perennial grassy and ligneous creepers with curly or open stems up to 3 m long.
The leaves are whole, ovate, 2 to 8 cm long.
The flowers are green, 2 to 5 in bunches in the axils of the leaves.
The fruit is a trihedral nut .
It blooms in May - July.
Distribution and Ecology
Moderately warm and subtropical regions of Eurasia and North America .
They grow in crops, on sandy slopes, vacant lots, along roads, in bushes, along river banks.
Application
Many species are weeds.
A number of species are good honey plants .
Classification
Taxonomy
The genus Fallopia is part of the subfamily Polygonoideae of the buckwheat family ( Polygonaceae ). Some botanists combine the genera Fallopia , Aconogonon ( Aconogonon ), Persikaria ( Persicaria ) and several others in the genus Highlander ( Polygonum ).
| subfamily Eriogonoideae | ||||||||||||
| about 20 species | ||||||||||||
| buckwheat family | clan fallopia | |||||||||||
| cloves order | subfamily Polygonoideae | |||||||||||
| 28 more families (according to APG II System ) | about 28 more births | |||||||||||
Views
According to the database of The Plant List , the genus includes 16 species [3] :
- Fallopia aubertii ( L.Henry ) Holub - Aubert's Fallopia , or Aubert Highlander
- Fallopia baldschuanica ( Regel ) Holub - Highlander Baldzhuansky , or Buckwheat Baldzhuansky
- Fallopia cilinodis ( Michx. ) Holub
- Fallopia Γ conollyana JPBailey
- Fallopia Γ convolvuloides ( BrΓΌgger ) Holub
- Fallopia convolvulus ( L. ) Γ.LΓΆve - Convolvulus Fallopia , or Buckwheat Convolvulus , or Highlander Convolvulus [4]
- Fallopia cristata ( Engelm. Ex A.Gray ) Holub
- Fallopia cynanchoides ( Hemsl. ) Haraldson
- Fallopia dentatoalata ( F.Schmidt ) Holub
- Fallopia denticulata ( CCHuang ) Holub
- Fallopia dumetorum ( L. ) Holub - Shrubby buckwheat , or Povitorny Zapabornaya , or Highlander shrubby
- Fallopia filipes ( H.Hara ) Holub
- Fallopia koreana BUOh & JGKim
- Fallopia pterocarpa ( Meisn. ) Holub - Phallopia
- Fallopia scandens ( L. ) Holub
- Fallopia schischkinii Tzvelev - Buckwheat Shishkin
From left to right: Highlander bindweed . Inflorescence and flower of Fallopia baldschuanica . Leaf of Fallopia multiflora . | ||||||||||
Notes
- β For the conventionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- β Repeater Fallopia dumetorum (L.) Holub : information in the database βFlora of Vascular Plants of Central Russiaβ of the Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences . (Retrieved April 21, 2018)
- β Fallopia . The Plant List . Version 1.1. (2013). Date of treatment September 6, 2016.
- β Highlander Archival copy of October 27, 2007 on the Wayback Machine at agbina.com (Retrieved November 29, 2009)