?Wild buckwheats
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae, core eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Polygonaceae Genus: Eriogonum Michx. (1803)
species
over 250, see text Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... In the APG and APG II system for classification of angiosperms, the names eudicots or tricolpates are applied to a clade, a monophyletic group. ... Families Achatocarpaceae Aizoaceae (Fig-marigold family) Amaranthaceae (amaranth family) Ancistrocladaceae Asteropeiaceae Barbeuiaceae Basellaceae (basella family) Cactaceae (cactus family) Caryophyllaceae (carnation family) Dioncophyllaceae Droseraceae (sundew family) Drosophyllaceae Frankeniaceae Molluginaceae (carpetweed family) Nepenthaceae Nyctaginaceae (four-oclock family) Physenaceae Phytolaccaceae (pokeweed family) Plumbaginaceae (plumbago family) Polygonaceae (buckwheat family) Portulacaceae (purslane family) Rhabdodendraceae... Genera See text The Polygonaceae, or the Knotweed Family, are a group of dicots including buckwheat, sorrel (but not wood sorrel), rhubarb, and knotgrass. ... André Michaux (March 7, 1746 - November 16, 1802) was a French botanist and explorer. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ...

Eriogonum is the botanical name for a genus of flowering plants, in the family Polygonaceae. The genus is found in North America and is known as Wild Buckwheat. This is a highly species-rich genus, and indications are that active speciation is continuing. It includes some common wildflowers such as the California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Genera See text The Polygonaceae, or the Knotweed Family, are a group of dicots including buckwheat, sorrel (but not wood sorrel), rhubarb, and knotgrass. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Categories: Stub | Flowers ...

It came into the news in 2005 when the Mount Diablo buckwheat (Eriogonum truncatum, believed to be extinct) was rediscovered. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Binomial name Eriogonum truncatum (Torr) A. Gray Mount Diablo buckwheat (Eriogonum truncatum) is a small pink flower, believed to have been extinct since its last sighting in 1936. ...

Eriogonum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Chionodes dammersi (which feeds exclusively on Eriogonum) and Chionodes luteogeminatus (which feeds exclusively on Eriogonum niveum) A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... Super Families Butterflies Hesperioidea Papilionoidea Moths Micropterigoidea Heterobathmioidea Eriocranioidea Acanthopteroctetoidea Lophocoronoidea Neopseustoidea Mnesarchaeoidea Hepialoidea Nepticuloidea Incurvarioidea Palaephatoidea Tischeriodea Simaethistoidea Tineoidea Gracillarioidea Yponomeutoidea Gelechioidea Zygaenoidea Sesioidea Cossoidea Tortricoidea Choreutoida Urodoidea Galacticoidea Schreckensteinioidea Epermenioidea Pterophoroidea Aluctoidea Immoidea Axioidea Hyblaeoidea Thyridoidea Whalleyanoidea Pyraloidea Mimallonoidea Lasiocampoidea Geometroidea Drepanoidea Bombycoidea Calliduloidae Hedyloidea Noctuoidea Families About... Chionodes is a genus of moths of the family Gelechiidae. ... Chionodes is a genus of moths of the family Gelechiidae. ...

Eriogonum umbellatum

External links

• genus treatment in the Jepson Manual
• Eriogonum in the Flora of North America
• Mt. Diablo buckwheat rediscovered

Selected species

• Eriogonum arborescens: Santa Cruz Island Buckwheat
• Eriogonum cinereum: ashyleaf buckwheat
• Eriogonum crocatum: Conejo Buckwheat
• Eriogonum fasciculatum: California Buckwheat
• Eriogonum giganteum: St. Catherine's Lace
• Eriogonum grande ssp. rubescens: Red Buckwheat
• Eriogonum inflatum: Desert trumpet
• Eriogonum nudum: naked buckwheat
• Eriogonum parvifolium: coastal buckwheat
• Eriogonum truncatum: Mount Diablo buckwheat
• Eriogonum umbellatum: Sulphur Flower