2201.040 Fallopia Adans.

Nogueira, I., Ortiz, S. & Paiva, J.A.R. (2006) Polygonaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3)

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs, sometimes shrubs. Stems scrambling or climbing. Leaves alternate, petiolate. Flowers in lax racemes or panicles or clusters in leaf axils. Perianth 5(6)-merous, the 3 outer segments accrescent and keeled or winged in fruit. Fruit a nut trigonous, not exceeding the perianth.

Worldwide: Nine species from Europe and Asia.

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
convolvulus (L.) Á. Löve	MS	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Fallopia:

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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Fallopia

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Fallopia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Fallopia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Fallopia
Wikipedia: Fallopia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Fallopia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Fallopia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Fallopia.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2117, retrieved 31 March 2023

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