Fagopyrum snowdenii

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. ^ 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.