Definition of Polygonaceae. Meaning of Polygonaceae. Synonyms of Polygonaceae

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Definition of Polygonaceae

Polygonaceae
Polygonaceous Pol`y*go*na"ceous, a. [See Polygonum.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of apetalous plants (Polygonace[ae]), of which the knotweeds (species of Polygonum) are the type, and which includes also the docks (Rumex), the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape (Coccoloba), and several other genera.

Meaning of Polygonaceae from wikipedia

- The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States. The name...
- In botany, C4 carbon fixation is one of three known methods of photosynthesis used by plants. C4 plants increase their photosynthetic efficiency by reducing...
- sorrel or garden sorrel, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Polygonaceae. Other names for sorrel include spinach dock and narrow-leaved dock ("dock"...
- This is a list of plant species that, when consumed by humans, are known or suspected to produce psychoactive effects: changes in nervous system function...
- esculentum) or common buckwheat is a flowering plant in the knotweed family Polygonaceae cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop. Buckwheat originated...
- Oxalis stricta (yellow woodsorrel) Rumex acetosella (sorrel) of the Polygonaceae This page is an index of articles on plant species (or higher taxonomic...
- family Polygonaceae. Common names include knotweed and knotgr**** (though the common names may refer more broadly to plants from Polygonaceae). In the...
- (petioles) of species and hybrids (culinary rhubarb) of Rheum in the family Polygonaceae, which are cooked and used for food. The plant is a herbaceous perennial...
- Crete and adjacent islands (Karpathos, Kasos, Saria, and smaller islets) are home to several dozen endemic species and subspecies of plants, together with...
- Persicaria is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the knotweed family, Polygonaceae. Plants of the genus are known commonly as knotweeds: 436  or smartweeds...