Antigonon, the Glossary
Antigonon is a genus of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae.[1]
Table of Contents
17 relations: Antigonon leptopus, Buckwheat, Carl Meissner, Flowering plant, Genus, George A. Walker Arnott, Polygonaceae, Raceme, Sereno Watson, Species, Stamen, Stephan Endlicher, Tendril, Tepal, Tuber, Vine, William Jackson Hooker.
- Polygonaceae genera
Antigonon leptopus
Antigonon leptopus is a species of perennial vine in the buckwheat family commonly known as coral vine or queen's wreath.
See Antigonon and Antigonon leptopus
Buckwheat
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) or common buckwheat is a flowering plant in the knotweed family Polygonaceae cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop.
Carl Meissner
Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist.
See Antigonon and Carl Meissner
Flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae, commonly called angiosperms.
See Antigonon and Flowering plant
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
George A. Walker Arnott
George Arnott Walker Arnott of Arlary (6 February 1799 – 17 April 1868) was a Scottish botanist.
See Antigonon and George A. Walker Arnott
Polygonaceae
The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States.
See Antigonon and Polygonaceae
Raceme
A raceme or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers.
Sereno Watson
Sereno Watson (December 1, 1826 – March 9, 1892) was an American botanist.
See Antigonon and Sereno Watson
Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
Stamen
The stamen (stamina or stamens) is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower.
Stephan Endlicher
Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher, also known as Endlicher István László (24 June 1804 – 28 March 1849), was an Austrian botanist, numismatist and Sinologist.
See Antigonon and Stephan Endlicher
Tendril
In botany, a tendril is a specialized stem, leaf or petiole with a threadlike shape used by climbing plants for support and attachment, as well as cellular invasion by parasitic plants such as Cuscuta.
Tepal
A tepal is one of the outer parts of a flower (collectively the perianth).
Tuber
Tubers are a type of enlarged structure that plants use as storage organs for nutrients, derived from stems or roots.
Vine
A vine is any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems, lianas, or runners.
William Jackson Hooker
Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden.
See Antigonon and William Jackson Hooker
See also
Polygonaceae genera
- Afrobrunnichia
- Antigonon
- Atraphaxis
- Bistorta
- Brunnichia
- Caelestium
- Calligonum
- Chorizanthe
- Coccoloba
- Duma (plant)
- Enneatypus
- Eriogonum
- Fagopyrum
- Fallopia
- Gymnopodium
- Johanneshowellia
- Knorringia
- Koenigia
- Lastarriaea
- Mucronea
- Muehlenbeckia
- Neomillspaughia
- Oxygonum
- Oxyria
- Oxytheca
- Parogonum
- Persicaria
- Podopterus
- Polygonum
- Pteropyrum
- Pteroxygonum
- Reynoutria
- Rheum (plant)
- Rumex
- Ruprechtia
- Sidotheca
- Stenogonum
- Triplaris