Fagopyrum esculentum Moench belongs to the Polygonaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Not collected

August 5, 2016

Location

Japan, Hokkaido, Hokkaido (Teshio)

44.769583, 142.058083

Location Remarks

Highway 40, c. 5 km south of Teshio-Nakagawa, near km 154. 37 m elev.

Collectors

David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Large Buckwheat farm west of the highway. Very flat agicultural area with many buckwheat farms.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Polygonaceae

Genus

Fagopyrum

Specific Epithet

esculentum

Authorship

Moench

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 8.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.7

Global rank

#64,464 of 335,497

Top 20%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →