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Genus Fagopyrum Family Polygonaceae

Description: Erect annuals.

Leaves petiolate or sessile, not articulate; nectaries absent; ocrea brown, truncate, entire, hyaline, not ciliate on upper margin.

Flowers bisexual, heterostylous, in slender panicles. Perianth segments 5, not enlarging in fruit. Stamens 8; anthers versatile. Style trifid, long and slender; stigmas small, capitate, smooth.

Achene triquetrous, may be winged, much exceeding perianth.


Distribution and occurrence: World: 15 species, temperate Asia. Australia: 1 species (naturalized).

Text by K. L. Wilson
Taxon concept:

One species in NSW: Fagopyrum esculentum

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