- Family:
- Polygonaceae Juss.
Fallopia Adans.

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Flora Zambesiaca. Vol. 9, Part 3. Polygonaceae-Myriaceae. Pope GV, Polhill RM, Martins ES. 2006.
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs, sometimes shrubs Annual or perennial herbs, sometimes shrubs.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 8; filaments subulate, or enlarged toward the base; interstaminal nectaries lacking, but with glandular hairs around the base of the filaments Stamens 8; filaments subulate, or enlarged toward the base; interstaminal nectaries lacking, but with glandular hairs around the base of the filaments.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary trigonous, with 3 styles; stigmas capitate or peltate, subsessile
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nut trigonous, not exceeding the perianth. Nut trigonous, not exceeding the perianth.
- Distribution
- A genus of 9 species, mostly from Europe and Asia, introduced and cultivated elsewhere.
- Morphology Stem
- Stems scrambling or climbing. Stems scrambling or climbing
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, petiolate. Leaves alternate, petiolate
- Morphology Leaves Ocrea
- Ocrea truncate and ± laciniate at the apex. Ocrea truncate and ± laciniate at the apex
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers hermaphrodite, arranged in lax racemes or panicles or in clusters in leaf axils. Flowers hermaphrodite, arranged in lax racemes or panicles or in clusters in leaf axils
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Perianth 5(6)-merous, the 3 outer segments accrescent and keeled or winged in fruit. Perianth 5(6)-merous, the 3 outer segments accrescent and keeled or winged in fruit
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary trigonous, with 3 styles; stigmas capitate or peltate, subsessile.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Finland, Florida, France, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Morocco, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pakistan, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Alaska, Aleutian Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Greenland, Hawaii, Iceland, Idaho, Ireland, Kenya, Labrador, Lesotho, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Montana, Mozambique, Nansei-shoto, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Mexico, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Oregon, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Svalbard, Taiwan, Utah, Washington, Yukon, Zimbabwe
- Fallopia aubertii (L.Henry) Holub
- Fallopia baldschuanica (Regel) Holub
- Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve
- Fallopia cristata (Engelm. & A.Gray) Holub
- Fallopia cynanchoides (Hemsl.) Haraldson
- Fallopia dentatoalata (F.Schmidt) Holub
- Fallopia dumetorum (L.) Holub
- Fallopia filipes (H.Hara) Holub
- Fallopia × heterocarpa (Beck) Doweld
- Fallopia koreana B.U.Oh & J.G.Kim
- Fallopia pterocarpa (Wall. ex Meisn.) Holub
- Fallopia scandens (L.) Holub
- Fallopia schischkinii Tzvelev
Fallopia Adans. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Fam. Pl. 2: 274 (1763)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
- Schuster, T.M., Reveal, J.L., Bayly, M.J. & Kron, K.A. (2015). An updated molecular phylogeny of Polygonoideae (Polygonaceae): relationships of Oxygonum, Pteroxygonum, and Rumex, and a new circumscription of Koenigia. Taxon 64: 1188-1208.
Literature
Flora Zambesiaca
- Bilderdykia Dumort., Fl. Belg.: 18 (1827) pro parte.
- Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 98: 344–346 (1988).
- Fam. Pl. 2: 274, 277 & 557 (1763).
- Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 98: 344–346 (1988).
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