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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Polygonaceae

Hierarchical position of the Family Polygonaceae

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Caryophyllidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Polygonanae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Polygonales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 15. 1829.       Familia  Polygonaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 82. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Knotweeds

Named members of the Family Polygonaceae

1	Genus  Acanthogonum Torr. syn. Chorizanthe R.Br. ex Benth.
2	Genus  Acanthoscyphus Small syn. Oxytheca Nutt.
3	Genus  Acetosa Mill. syn. Rumex L.
4	Genus  Acetosella (Meisn.) Fourr. syn. Rumex L.
5	Genus  Aconogonon (Meisn.) Rchb.
6	Genus  Aconogonum (Meisn.) Rchb. syn. Aconogonon (Meisn.) Rchb.
7	Genus  Afrobrunnichia Hutch. & Dalziel
8	Genus  Antenoron Raf. syn. Persicaria (L.) Mill.
9	Genus  Antigonon Endl. common name: antigonon
10	Genus  Aristocapsa Reveal & Hardham
11	Tribus  Artaphaxideae Dammer in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam., III, 1a: 8, 23. Mar 1892.
	12    Genus  Atraphaxis L. pub. (1753)
13	Genus  Bilderdykia Dumort. syn. Fallopia Adans.
14	Genus  Bistorta (L.) Adans.
15	Subfamilia  Brunnichioideae Meisn. in Mart. pub. Fl. Bras. 5(1): 5. 1 Jan 1855.
	16    Tribus  Brunnichieae Meisn. pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 316, Comm. 227. 18-24 Jul 1841.   17    Subtribus  Brunnichiinae Horan. pub. Char. Ess. Fam.: 67. 1847.   18    Genus  Brunnichia Banks ex Gaertn. pub. (1788)
19	Genus  Bucephalora Pau syn. Rumex L.
20	Tribus  Calligoneae C.A. Mey. pub. M�m. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-P�tersbourg, ser. 6, Sci. Math.,
	21    Subtribus  Calligoninae Horan. pub. Char. Ess. Fam.: 57. 1847.   22    Genus  Calligonum L. pub. (1753)
23	Genus  Campderia Benth. syn. Coccoloba P.Browne
24	Genus  Centrostegia A.Gray
25	Subtribus  Ceratogoninae Meisn. in Mart. pub. Fl. Bras. 5(1): 5. 1 Jan 1855.
	26    Genus  Ceratogonon Meisn. pub. (1832)
27	Genus  Chorizanthe R.Br. ex Benth. common name: spineflower
28	Subfamilia  Coccoloboideae Leurss. pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. 2: 542. Nov 1880.
	29    Tribus  Coccolobeae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 18. 1829.   30    Subtribus  Coccolobinae Horan. pub. Char. Ess. Fam.: 67. 1847.   31    Genus  Coccoloba P. Browne pub. (1756) common name: coccoloba
32	Genus  Dedeckera Reveal & J.T.Howell
33	Genus  Delopyrum Small syn. Polygonella Michx.
34	Genus  Dentoceras Small syn. Polygonella Michx.
35	Genus  Dodecahema Reveal & Hardham
36	Genus  Duravia (S.Watson) Greene syn. Polygonum L.
37	Genus  Emex Neck. ex Campd. common name: three-corner-jack
38	Genus  Enneatypus Herzog
39	Genus  Eriogonella Goodman syn. Chorizanthe R.Br. ex Benth.
40	Subfamilia  Eriogonoideae Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 126. 1832.
	41    Tribus  Eriogoneae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 17. 1829.      42    Subtribus  Eriogoninae Dammer in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam., III, 1a: 8, 11. Mar 1892.      43    Genus  Eriogonum Michx. pub. (1803) common name: buckwheat
44	Genus  Eskemukerjea Malick & Sengupta syn. Fagopyrum Mill.
45	Genus  Fagopyrum Mill. common name: buckwheat
46	Genus  Fallopia Adans.
47	Genus  Gilmania Coville common name: goldencarpet
48	Genus  Gonopyrum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. syn. Polygonella Michx.
49	Genus  Goodmania Reveal & Ertter
50	Genus  Gymnogonum Parry syn. Goodmania Reveal & Ertter
51	Genus  Gymnopodium Rolfe
52	Genus  Harfordia Greene & Parry
53	Genus  Harpagocarpus Hutch. & Dandy syn. Fagopyrum Mill.
54	Genus  Hollisteria S.Watson common name: hollisteria
55	Genus  Homalocladium (F.Muell.) L.H.Bailey common name: homalocladium
56	Genus  Knorringia (Czukav.) Tzvelev syn. Aconogonon (Meisn.) Rchb.
57	Tribus  Koenigieae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 3: 90. 7 Apr 1880.
	58    Subtribus  Koenigiinae Dammer in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam., III, 1a: 8, 9. Mar 1892.   59    Genus  Koenigia L. pub. (1767) common name: koenigia
60	Genus  Lastarriaea J.Remy common name: lastarriaea
61	Genus  Leptogonum Benth.
62	Genus  Millspaughia B.L.Rob. syn. Gymnopodium Rolfe
63	Genus  Mucronea Benth. common name: spineflower
64	Genus  Muehlenbeckia Meisn. common name: maidenhair vine
65	Genus  Nemacaulis Nutt. common name: cottonheads
66	Genus  Neomillspaughia S.F.Blake
67	Genus  Oxygonum Burch. ex Campd.
68	Genus  Oxyria Hill common name: mountainsorrel
69	Genus  Oxytheca Nutt. common name: oxytheca
70	Genus  Parapteropyrum A.J.Li
71	Subfamilia  Persicarioideae Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 126. 9 Mar 1832.
	72    Tribus  Persicarieae Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 17. 1827.   73    Genus  Persicaria Mill. pub. (1754)
74	Genus  Phyllogonum Coville syn. Gilmania Coville
75	Genus  Physopyrum Popov
76	Genus  Pleuropteropyrum Gross syn. Aconogonon (Meisn.) Rchb.
77	Genus  Podopterus Bonpl.
78	Genus  Polygonella Michx. common name: jointweed
79	Subfamilia  Polygonoideae Eaton pub. Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 30. Apr-Mai 1836.
	80    Tribus  Polygoneae Rchb. pub. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2(2): 563, 568. 1832.      81    Subtribus  Polygoninae Horan. pub. Char. Ess. Fam.: 66. 1847.      82    Genus  Polygonum L. pub. (1753) common name: knotweed
83	Genus  Pteropyrum Jaub. & Spach
84	Tribus  Pterostegieae Torr. & A. Gray pub. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 146. 26 Jan 1870.
	85    Genus  Pterostegia Fisch. & C.A. Mey. pub. (1835) common name: pterostegia
86	Genus  Pteroxygonum Dammer & Diels syn. Fagopyrum Mill.
87	Genus  Reynoutria Houtt. syn. Fallopia Adans.
88	Tribus  Rheeae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 18. 1829.
	89    Genus  Rheum L. pub. (1753) common name: rhubarb
90	Genus  Rubrivena Kral syn. Persicaria (L.) Mill.
91	Subfamilia  Rumicoideae Leurss. pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. 2: 534. Nov 1880.
	92    Tribus  Rumiceae Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 17. 1827.      93    Subtribus  Rumicinae C. Mey ex Ledeb. pub. Fl. Ross. 3: 495. Nov 1850.      94    Genus  Rumex L. pub. (1753) common name: dock
95	Genus  Ruprechtia C.A.Mey.
96	Genus  Stenogonum Nutt. common name: buckwheat
97	Subfamilia  Symmerioideae Meisn. in DC. pub. Prodr. 14: 4, 185. mid Oct 1856.
	98    Tribus  Symmerieae Hogg pub. Veg. Kingd.: 615. 1858.   99    Genus  Symmeria Benth. pub. (1845)
100	Genus  Systenotheca Reveal & Hardham
101	Genus  Thysanella A.Gray syn. Polygonella Michx.
102	Genus  Tovara Adans. syn. Persicaria (L.) Mill.
103	Tribus  Triplarideae C.A. Mey. pub. M�m. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-P�tersbourg, ser. 6, Sci. Math.,
	104    Subtribus  Triplaridinae Horan. pub. Char. Ess. Fam.: 67. 1847.   105    Genus  Triplaris Loefl. ex L. pub. (1759)

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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