Fagopyrum esculentum
Brank, Buckwheat
Other regional names: Common Buckwheat
- Common Buckwheat
Also known as: Fagopyrum cereale (Salisb.) Raf. +18 more
- Fagopyrum cereale (Salisb.) Raf.
- Fagopyrum dryandrii Fenzl
- Fagopyrum emarginatum (Roth) Meisn.
- Fagopyrum emarginatum Gaertn.
- Fagopyrum emarginatum Moench
- Fagopyrum emarginatum subsp. kunawarense Meisn.
- Fagopyrum emarginatum var. kunawarense Meisn.
- Fagopyrum esculentum subsp. ancestralis Ohnishi
- Fagopyrum esculentum var. emarginatum (Roth) Alef.
- Fagopyrum esculentum var. pyramidatum (Loisel.) Meisn.
- Fagopyrum esculentum var. vulgare Alef.
- Fagopyrum fagopyrum (L.) H.Karst.
- Fagopyrum fagopyrum (L.) Shafer
- Fagopyrum macropterum Fenzl
- Fagopyrum macropterum var. emarginatum (Roth) Fenzl
- Fagopyrum macropterum var. obtusum Fenzl
- Fagopyrum polygonum Macloskie
- Fagopyrum sagittatum Gilib.
- Fagopyrum sarracenicum Dumort.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Polygonaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a annual.
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Naturally occurring in Temperate Asia, Fagopyrum esculentum (commonly known as Brank or Buckwheat) is an annual belonging to the Polygonaceae family. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in temperate conditions.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Annual
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE
Regions (WGSRPD)
China
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
China South-Central, Tibet
Introduced Range
Plants flagged as 'Introduced' have been transported outside their native historical range by human activity. While many are common ornamentals, some may become naturalized or invasive in local environments. Local ecological guidelines require verification prior to planting.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Assam, Austria, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Cape Provinces, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Mozambique, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe