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Polygonaceae A.L. de Jussieu. Common name: Smartweed Family.

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A family of about 50 genera and 1100-1200 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs, cosmopolitan, but especially north temperate. Recent changes in the circumscription of various genera (including Polygonum, Persicaria, Fallopia, etc.) have received strong support from molecular phylogenetic studies (Kim & Donoghue 2008; Lamb Frye & Kron 2003; Schuster, Reveal, & Kron 2011; Zhang et al. 2023).

References: Brandbyge (1993) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Desjardins et al. (2023); Freeman & Reveal In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2005); Greene (1904); Horton (1972); Kim & Donoghue (2008); Koenemann, Kistler, & Burke (2023); Lamb Frye & Kron (2003); Mitchell & Dean (1978); Ronse De Craene & Akeroyd (1988); Schuster et al. (2015); Schuster, Reveal, & Kron (2011); Schuster, Wilson, & Kron (2011); Yurtseva et al. (2016); Zhang et al. (2023). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Persicaria | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Polygonum glaucum | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Sequoia Janirella Wrens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sequoia Janirella Wrens | Coccoloba uvifera source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Paul Marcum | Brunnichia source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Persicaria | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Fallopia | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Millie Basden, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Millie Basden | Emex source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan M. Cressler | Coccoloba | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan M. Cressler | Polygonella myriophylla | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Antigonon | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Polygonella | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Eriogonum | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Rumex | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© aarongunnar, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by aarongunnar | Rumex source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Joey Shaw | Rumex source | Original Image ⭷

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