''Polygonanthus'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the family
Anisophylleaceae
The Anisophylleaceae are a small family with four genera and about 70 species, in the order Cucurbitales, according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG II. However, it is more isolated from the other suprafamilial clades in this order, while i ...
, found in the Amazon.
It has a ''
Polygonum
''Polygonum'' is a genus of about 130 species of flowering plant in the buckwheat and knotweed family Polygonaceae. Common names include knotweed and knotgrass (though the common names may refer more broadly to plants from Polygonaceae). In the ...
''type
embryo sac
In seed plants, the ovule is the structure that gives rise to and contains the female reproductive cells. It consists of three parts: the ''integument'', forming its outer layer, the ''nucellus'' (or remnant of the megasporangium), and the fe ...
.
Species
Currently accepted species include:
*''
Polygonanthus amazonicus''
Ducke
*''
Polygonanthus punctulatus''
Kuhlm.
References
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Anisophylleaceae
Trees of the Amazon
Cucurbitales genera
Taxa named by Adolpho Ducke