Polygonaceae

Family in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection

Digitised Reference Slides
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Distribution
Polygonaceae (rights holder: 2010 Moorea Biocode)© 2010 Moorea Biocode (licence)

Knotweed Family

Herbs (mostly, in ours), shrubs, climbers or rarely trees. Stems usually with sheathing stipules (ochreae). Leaves simple, alternate (rarely subopposite). Flowers actinomorphic, bisexual or unisexual. Petals 0. Perianth segments 3-6, sepaloid or petaloid, free or connate, persistent. Ovary superior, 1-locular, with a solitary ovule. Fruit a nut, indehiscent, hard, 3-angled or biconvex, usually env... © Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)

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Definition
Genera
Taxonomic Completion
16.95%
10 of 59 accepted Genera
Global Pollen Project UUID
7851a17a-4c20-4e72-9dda-6e9de630a3df
Botanical Reference
None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources

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The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility