Fagopyrum esculentum, Moench

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 81

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.302862

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1213417E-FF81-FF83-C969-F89D430EC1D7

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Fagopyrum esculentum
status

 

1. F. esculentum Moench View in CoL , Meth. 290 (1794)

( F. vulgare T. Nees , F. sagittatum Gilib. , Polygonum fagopyrum L. ).

15-60 cm, glabrous or puberulent, tinged with red at maturity. Leaves up to 7 x 6 cm, usually slightly longer than wide, entire or sinuate, dark green, the lower stalked, the upper sessile. Axillary panicles short and compact, on long peduncles. Perianth-segments 3- 4 mm, greenish-white, tipped with pink. Nut 5-6 mm, dark brown, dull at maturity, with smooth faces and acute, entire angles. 2« = 16. Cultivated as a grain crop in most of Europe except Fennoscandia, and naturalized as an occasional ruderal almost throughout Europe. [Probably all except Cr Fa Gr Hb Is Sb Tu.] (E. C. Asia.)

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Polygonaceae

Genus

Fagopyrum

Loc

Fagopyrum esculentum

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964
1964
Loc

F. esculentum

Moench 1794: 290
1794
Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF