Polygonaceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 82. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (1789)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

Neotropikey

  • APG II, (2003). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 399-436.
  • BRANDBYGE, J. (1986). A revision of the genus Triplaris (Polygonaceae). Nord. Journ. Bot. 6(5).
  • BRANDBYGE, J. (1989). Polygonaceae. Flora of Ecuador. 38:39.
  • BUCHINGER, M. & SANCHEZ, E. (1959). Sinopsis preliminar de las especies argentinas del genero Coccoloba. Bol. Soc. Arg. Botanica, v.7, n.3/4, p.251-255.
  • BURGER, W. (1983). Polygonaceae. In: Burger. Flora Costaricensis. Fieldiana Botany. Field Museum of Natural History, n.s. 13, p.99-138.
  • CIALDELLA, A. M. (1989). Revisión de las espécies argentinas de Polygonum s.l. (Polygonaceae). Darwiniana 29(1-4):179-246.
  • CIALDELLA, A.M. (2001). Polygonaceae. In Spichiger & Ramella. Flora del Paraguay v. 33: 1-106.
  • HOWARD, R. A. (1960). Polygonaceae. In: Woodson (ed.). Flora of Panama. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 47: 340-357.
  • HOWARD, R. A. (1961). Studies in the Genus Coccoloba, X. New species and a summary of distribution in South America. Journ. Arn. Arb. 42(1): 87-95.
  • HOWARD, R. A. (1992). Collected notes on Coccoloba L. (Polygonaceae). Brittonia 44: 356-367.
  • MARTÍNEZ, R. V. (1997). Polygonaceae. In: Lleras & Taylor. Flórula de las reservas biologicas de Iquitos. Peru. Missouri Botanical Garden. Press. p.587-592.
  • MELO, E. & F. FRANÇA. (2006). A familia Polygonaceae no semi-árido brasileiro. In A.M. Giulietti et al. (eds) Diversidade e Caracterização das fanerógamas do semi-árido brasileiro. In A. Giulietti  & L. Queiroz Instituto do Milênio do Semi-Árido, v. 1, p. 437-488.
  • MELO, E. (1996). Levantamento das espécies de Coccoloba (Polygonaceae) da restinga do estado da Bahia, Brasil. Sitientibus 15:49-59.
  • MELO, E. (1998). Levantamento da família Polygonaceae no estado da Bahia, Brasil: espécies do semi-árido. Rodriguesia 50(76/77):19-37.
  • MELO, E. (2000). Polygonaceae da Cadeia do Espinhaço, Brasil. Acta Bot. Bras. 14(3):273-300.
  • PENDRY, C.A. (2004). Monograph of Ruprechtia (Polygonaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 67: 1 - 113.

Trees of New Guinea

  • Henty, E.E. (1978). Polygonaceae. Handb. Fl. Papua New Guinea 1: 222–248.
  • Laura V.S. Jennings (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (Eds) Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Schuster, T.M., Wilson, K.L. & Kron, K.L. (2011). Phylogenetic relationships of Muehlenbeckia, Fallopia and Reynoutria (Polygonaceae) investigated with chloroplast and nuclear sequence DNA. Int. J. Pl. Sci. 172: 1053–1066.

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Freeman, C. C. & Reveal, J. L. (2005). 44. Polygonaceae Jussieu, buckwheat family In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds), Flora of North America 5: 405–456. Oxford University Press, New York & Oxford.
  • Heywood, V. H. (1993). Flowering Plants of the World. B.T. Batsford Ltd, London.
  • Li, A, Bao Bojian, Grabovskaya-Borodina, A. E., Hong, S., McNeill, J., Mosyakin, S. L., Ohba, H. & Park, C. (2003). Polygonaceae. In: Z. Y. Wu, P. H. Raven, & D. Y. Hong (eds), Flora of China 5: 277–350. Science Press, Beijing; Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mutchnick, P.; Allicock, B. [623] Guyana K001636966 No
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8481] Cameroon K000025007 No

Sources

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
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  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
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  • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook
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