Polygonaceae
This list of genera was made in April 2026 according to World Flora Online, Plants of the World Online, Stevens 2001 onwards (APWeb), Burke & Sanchez (2011), Feng et al. 2024, Min et al. 2023, Ohsako et al. 2001, Sanchez & Kron (2011), Schuster et al. 2011, Tian et al. 2011, and Yurtseva & Mavrodiev (2019) . This list includes only genera present in our herbaria: M and MSB.
| All genera (accepted genera in bold) | Stored under | Synonyms included |
|---|---|---|
| Acanthoscyphus Small (prev. under Oxytheca Nutt.) | ||
| Afrobrunnichia Hutch. & Dalziel | ||
| Antigonon Endl. | ||
| Atraphaxis L. | ||
| Bilderdykia Dumort. | Fallopia Adans. | |
| Bistorta (L.) Scop. (prev. under Polygonum L.) | ||
| Brunnichia Banks ex Gaertn. | ||
| Calligonum L. | ||
| Centrostegia A.Gray | ||
| Chorizanthe R.Br. ex Benth. | ||
| Coccoloba P.Browne | ||
| Dentoceras Small | Polygonum L. | |
| Dodecahema Reveal & Hardham (prev. under Centrostegia A. Gray and Chorizanthe R.Br. ex Benth.) | ||
| Duma T.M.Schust. (prev. under Muehlenbeckia Meisn) | ||
| Emex Neck. ex Campd. | Rumex L. | |
| Enneatypus Herzog | Ruprechtia C.A.Mey. | |
| Eriogonella Goodman (prev. under Chorizanthe R.Br. ex Benth.) | ||
| Eriogonum Michx. | ||
| Eucycla Nutt. (prev. under Eriogonum Michx.) | ||
| Fagopyrum Mill. | Harpagocarpus Hutch. & Dandy | |
| Fallopia Adans. | Bilderdykia Dumort. | |
| Goodmania Reveal & Ertter | ||
| Gymnopodium Rolfe | ||
| Harfordia Greene & Parry | ||
| Harpagocarpus Hutch. & Dandy | Fagopyrum Mill. | |
| Hollisteria S.Watson | ||
| Homalocladium L.H.Bailey | Muehlenbeckia Meisn. | |
| Johanneshowellia Reveal (prev. under Eriogonum Michx.) | ||
| Knorringia (Czukav.) Tzvelev (prev. under Polygonum L.) | ||
| Koenigia L. | ||
| Lastarriaea Remy | ||
| Leptogonum Benth. | ||
| Magoniella Adr.Sanchez (prev. under Triplaris Loefl.) | ||
| Mucronea Benth. (prev. under Chorizanthe R.Br. ex Benth.) | ||
| Muehlenbeckia Meisn. | Homalocladium L.H.Bailey | |
| Nemacaulis Nutt. | ||
| Neomillspaughia S.F.Blake | ||
| Oxygonum Burch. ex Campd. | ||
| Oxyria Hill | ||
| Oxytheca Nutt. | ||
| Persepolium Yurtseva & Mavrodiev (prev. under Atraphaxis L.) | ||
| Persicaria (L.) Mill. (prev. under Polygonum L.) | ||
| Podopterus Bonpl. | ||
| Polygonella Michx. | Polygonyum L. | |
| Polygonum L. | Polygonella Michx. | |
| Pterogonum H. Gross (prev. under Eriogonum Michx.) | ||
| Pteropyrum Jaub. & Spach | ||
| Pterostegia Fisch. & C.A.Mey. | ||
| Reynoutria Houtt. | ||
| Rheum L. | ||
| Rumex L. | Emex Neck. ex Campd. | |
| Ruprechtia C.A.Mey. | Enneatypus Herzog | |
| Salta Adr.Sanchez (prev. under Ruprechtia C.A.Mey.) | ||
| Sidotheca Reveal (prev. under Oxytheca Nutt.) | ||
| Stenogonum Nutt. (prev. under Eriogonum Michx.) | ||
| Symmeria Benth. | ||
| Triplaris Loefl. |
References
- Burke, J. M., Sanchez, A. (2011). Revised subfamily classification for Polygonaceae, with a tribal classification for Eriogonoideae. Brittonia, 63, 4, 510–520. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23254285
- Feng, Z., Zheng, Y., Jiang, Y., Pei, J., Huang, L. (2024). Phylogenetic relationships, selective pressure and molecular markers development of six species in subfamily Polygonoideae based on complete chloroplast genomes. Scientific Reports, 14, 1, 9783. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58934-7
- Min, D., Shi, W., Dehshiri, M. M., Gou, Y., Li, W., Zhang, K., Zhou, M., Li, B. (2023). The molecular phylogenetic position of Harpagocarpus (Polygonaceae) sheds new light on the infrageneric classification of Fagopyrum. PhytoKeys 220, 109-126. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.220.97667
- Ohsako, T., Fukuoka, S., Bimb, H. P., Baniya, B. K., Yasui, Y., & Ohnishi, O. (2001). Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Fagopyrum (Polygonaceae), including the Nepali species F. megacarpum, based on nucleotide sequence of the rbcL-accD region in chloroplast DNA. Fagopyrum, 18, 9-14.
- Sanchez, A., Kron, K. A. (2011). Phylogenetic Relationships of Triplaris and Ruprechtia: Re-delimitation of the Recognized Genera and Two New Genera for Tribe Triplarideae (Polygonaceae). Systematic Botany, 36, 3, 702–710. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23028987
- Schuster, T. M., Reveal, J. L., Kron, K. A. (2011). Phylogeny of Polygoneae (Polygonaceae: Polygonoideae). Taxon, 60, 6, 1653-1666. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.606010
- Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since].
- Tian, X., Luo, J., Wang, A., Mao, K., Liu, J. (2011). On the origin of the woody buckwheat Fagopyrum tibeticum (=Parapteropyrum tibeticum) in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 61, 2, 515-520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.07.001
- Yurtseva, O. V., Mavrodiev, E. V. (2019). Caelestium genus novum (Polygonaceae, Polygoneae): evidence bаsed on the results of molecular phylogenetic analyses of tribe Polygoneae, established with consideration of the secondary structure of the ITS rDNA regions. Novitates Systematicae Plantarum Vascularium, 50, 47–79. https://doi.org/10.31111/novitates/2019.50.47
Foto: Bistorta (L.) Scop. © Luo Chen