Fagopyrum

Fagopyrum
Fagopyrum esculentum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Subfamily: Polygonoideae
Genus: Fagopyrum
Mill.[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms[2]
  • Fagotriticum L.
  • Helxine L.
  • Kunokale Raf.
  • Parapteropyrum A.J.Li
  • Phegopyrum Peterm.
  • Trachopyron J.Gerard ex Raf.

The genus Fagopyrum is in the flowering plant family Polygonaceae. It includes some important food plants, such as F. esculentum (buckwheat) and F. tataricum (Tartary buckwheat). The genus is native to the Indian subcontinent, much of Indochina, and central and southeastern China. Species have been widely introduced elsewhere, throughout the Holarctic and parts of Africa and South America.[2]

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