Fagopyrum snowdenii

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Fagopyrum snowdenii

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Order:  | Caryophyllales
Family:  | Polygonaceae
Genus:  | Fagopyrum
Species:  |

F. snowdenii

Binomial name
Fagopyrum snowdenii

(Hutch. & Dandy) S.P.Hong

Synonyms[1]

* Harpagocarpus snowdenii Hutch. & Dandy (1926) (basionym)
* Fagopyrum ciliatum Jacq.-Fél.

Fagopyrum snowdenii is a species of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygonaceae. It is a climbing subshrub native to central and eastern tropical Africa, ranging from Cameroon to Sudan and Tanzania.[1]

The species was first described in 1926 by John Hutchinson and James Edgar Dandy in 1926, and placed in the newly-described monotypic genus Harpagocarpus as Harpagocarpus snowdenii. In 1988 Suk Pyo Hong placed it in the genus Fagopyrum as Fagopyrum snowdenii.[1]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Fagopyrum snowdenii (Hutch. & Dandy) S.P.Hong | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:945916-1.

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