Meaning | A family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats. |
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Synonyms | family Polygonaceae, buckwheat family |
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Member of | Polygonales, order Polygonales | coextensive with the family Polygonaceae, |
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Members | Fagopyrum, genus Fagopyrum | buckwheat |
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Polygonum, genus Polygonum | diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions |
Rheum, genus Rheum | rhubarb |
Rumex, genus Rumex | docks |
genus Eriogonum | North American herbs of the buckwheat family |
Broader | dicot family, magnoliopsid family | family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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Spanish | poligonáceas |
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Catalan | Polygonaceae |
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