Polygonaceae

Translingual

Polygonum aviculare

Etymology

Polygonum +‎ -aceae

Proper noun

Polygonaceae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Caryophyllales – the knotweeds.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order

Hyponyms

• (family): Eriogonoideae, Polygonoideae (subfamilies)
  • Afrobrunnichia, Antigonon, Aristocapsa, Atraphaxis, Brunnichia, Calligonum, Centrostegia, Chorizanthe, Coccoloba, Dedeckera, Dodecahema, Emex (jacks), Eriogonum, Fagopyrum (buckwheats), Fallopia, Gilmania, Goodmania, Gymnopodium, Harfordia, Hollisteria, Knorringia, Koenigia, Lastarriaea, Leptogonum, Muconea, Muehlenbeckia, Nemacaulis, Neomillspaughia, Oxygonum, Oxyria, Oxytheca, Parapteropyrum, Persicaria (smartweeds), Podopterus, Polygonella, Polygonum (knotweeds), Pteropyrum, Pterostegia, Rheum (rhubarbs), Rumex, Ruprechtia, Stenogonum, Symmeria, Systenotheca, Triplaris, (genera)

References

• Polygonaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Polygonaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Polygonaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Polygonaceae at APWeb