Fagopyrum snowdenii
| Fagopyrum snowdenii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Fagopyrum |
| Species: | F. snowdenii
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| Binomial name | |
| Fagopyrum snowdenii | |
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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
- ^ a b c "Fagopyrum snowdenii (Hutch. & Dandy) S.P.Hong | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 October 2025.