Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á. Löve (syn. Bilderdykia convolvulus (L.) Dumort.)

Taxonomy: Fam. Polygonaceae// Genus: Fallopia// Species: Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á. Löve.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Webb in Tutin et al. (1964) and Micevski (1995) as Bilderdykia convolvulus (L.) Dumort., Fl. Belg. 18 (1827). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Uotila, 2017+) is  Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á. Löve, in Taxon 19: 300. 1970.

Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Macaronesia to North Africa, Eurasia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Among woods, bushes, near rivers, disturbed ground, roadsides.

Flowering period: Late spring – autumn: MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP.

References:

Bilderdykia Dumort. Micevski, K. (1995). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 3. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 449 – 451.

Bilderdykia Dumort. Webb, D.A. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1964). Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 80 – 81.

Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:103354-2 [Accessed 22.04.2022].

Fallopia convolvulus. Uotila, P. (2017): Polygonaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=44736&PTRefFk=7300000 [Accessed 22.04.2022].

Fallopia convolvulus. Uotila, P. (2017+): Polygonaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/663c3622-cddb-499f-8e9c-916d1cff191d [Accessed 06.01.2023].

Last update: 06.01.2023.