Polygonum
Taxonomic status
Accepted
Occurrence status
Present
Establishment means
Native
Degree of establishment
Native
Prostrate to suberect annuals or perennials with a woody rootstock. Leaves subsessile, articulate on branches; ochreas glabrous, silvery or whitish-hyaline at least in upper part, soon becoming lacerated. Flowers bisexual, axillary, solitary or in small clusters; perianth segments usually 5, mainly sepaloid but often coloured toward margins, not or barely enlarging in fruit; stamens 3–8, widely dilated toward base; styles 3, rarely 2, stigmas capitate. Nut trigonous, or rarely biconvex.
Almost cosmopolitan, c. 50 species world-wide.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1996). Polygonaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 272–295. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
Updated by: Val
Stajsic,
24 Jul. 2018
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