Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Polygonaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Fallopia Adans., Fam. Pl. 2, 274, 277, 557 (1763)
 Description

Annual or perennial climbing herbs or shrubs; stem annual. Ochreae well-developed, scarious. Lvs cauline, cordate-sagittate or deltate. Infl. lax, terminal or axillary, spike-like or paniculate; fls ☿. Pedicels jointed. Perianth segments 5–(6), ovate or elliptic, free, moderately accrescent, pale green, white, pink, or rose, the outer 3 larger and keeled or winged. Stamens 8. Stigmas 3, subsessile, capitate. Fr. a trigonous nut, not exceeding perianth, spineless.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Fallopia Adans.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised2
Total2
 Bibliography
Adanson, M. 1763: Familles des Plantes. Vol. 2. Vincent, Paris.
Brummitt, R.K. 1992: Vascular plant families and genera. Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England .
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.