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Polygonaceae
Polygonaceae
Translingual
Proper noun
Polygonaceae
- A taxonomic family within the order Caryophyllales – the knotweeds.
Hypernyms
- (family): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order
Hyponyms
- (family): Eriogonoideae, Polygonoideae (subfamilies)
- Afrobrunnichia, Antigonon, Aristocapsa, Atraphaxis, Brunnichia, Calligonum, Centrostegia, Chorizanthe, Coccoloba, Dedeckera, Dodecahema, Emex, Eriogonum, Fagopyrum, Fallopia, Gilmania, Goodmania, Gymnopodium, Harfordia, Hollisteria, Knorringia, Koenigia, Lastarriaea, Leptogonum, Muconea, Muehlenbeckia, Nemacaulis, Neomillspaughia, Oxygonum, Oxyria, Oxytheca, Parapteropyrum, Persicaria, Podopterus, Polygonella, Polygonum (knotweed), Pteropyrum, Pterostegia, Rheum (rhubarb), Rumex, Ruprechtia, Stenogonum, Symmeria, Systenotheca, Triplaris, (genera)