Fallopia convolvulus

Fallopia convolvulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Fallopia
Species:
F. convolvulus
Binomial name
Fallopia convolvulus
(L.) Á.Löve 1970
Synonyms
Synonymy
  • Polygonum convolvulus L. 1753
  • Bilderdykia convolvulus (L.) Dumort
  • Fagopyrum carinatum Moench
  • Fagopyrum convolvulus (L.) H.Gross
  • Helxine convolvulus (L.) Raf.
  • Reynoutria convolvulus (L.) Shinners
  • Tiniaria convolvulus (L.) Webb & Moq.
  • Fagopyrum volubile Gilib.
  • Polygonum convolvulaceum Lam.
  • Polygonum infestum Salisb.
"Black bindweed" redirects here; for another plant with the same common name see Dioscorea communis
This article is about the Eurasian/African plant sometimes known as wild buckwheat. For other plants which share the same common name, see Buckwheat (disambiguation).

Fallopia convolvulus, the black-bindweed or wild buckwheat, is a fast-growing annual flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae native throughout Europe, Asia and northern Africa.

Synonyms include Polygonum convolvulus L. (basionym), Bilderdykia convolvulus (L.) Dumort, Fagopyrum convolvulus (L.) H.Gross, Fagopyrum carinatum Moench, Helxine convolvulus (L.) Raf., Reynoutria convolvulus (L.) Shinners, and Tiniaria convolvulus (L.) Webb & Moq. Other old folk names include bear-bind, bind-corn, climbing bindweed, climbing buckwheat, corn-bind, corn bindweed, devil's tether, and wild buckwheat.

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