Fallopia

Fallopia scandens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Polygonaceae
Subfamilia: Polygonoideae
Tribus: Polygoneae
Subtribus: Reynoutriinae
Genus: Fallopia
Species: F. aubertii – F. baldschuanica – F. ciliinervis – F. convolvulus – F. dentatoalata – F. dumetorum – F. filipes – F. koreana – F. pterocarpa – F. scandens – F. schischkinii
Nothospecies: F. × heterocarpa

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Fallopia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 July 12. Reference page.

Name

Fallopia Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 274, 277, 557 (1763).

• Type species: Fallopia scandens (L.) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 6(2): 176 (1971).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Helxine Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 10 (1837).
• Heterotypic
  • Bilderdykia Dumort., Fl. Belg.: 18 (1827).
  • Tiniaria (Meisn.) Rchb., Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst.: 236 (1837).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continentalː Cosmopolitaan RegionalːTemp. Northern Hemisphere Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Finland, Florida, France, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Morocco, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pakistan, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya Introduced into: Alaska, Aleutian Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Greenland, Hawaii, Iceland, Idaho, Ireland, Kenya, Labrador, Lesotho, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Montana, Mozambique, Nansei-shoto, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Mexico, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Oregon, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Svalbard, Taiwan, Tasmania, Utah, Washington, Yukon, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Adanson, M. 1763. Familles des Plantes. II. partie. (24) + 640 pp. Paris: Vincent. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Holub, J. 1971. Fallopia Adans. 1763 instead of Bilderdykia Dum. 1827. Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 6(2): 176. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Schuster, T.M., Wilson, K.L. & Kron, K.A. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships of Muehlenbeckia, Fallopia, and Reynoutria (Polygonaceae) investigated with chloroplast and nuclear sequence data. International Journal of Plant Sciences 172(8): 1053–1066. DOI: 10.1086/661293 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Fallopia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 July 2. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2017. Fallopia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Mar. 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Fallopia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 10 2017. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Fallopia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Mar. 2017. Reference page.
• Fallopia – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names

• azərbaycanca: Fallopiya
• dansk: Pileurt
• Deutsch: Flügelknöteriche
• English: Knotweeds
• eesti: Konnatatar
• suomi: Kiertotattaret
• magyar: Japánkeserűfű
• 日本語: ソバカズラ属
• lietuvių: Pelėvirkštis
• Nederlands: Kielduizendknoop
• русский: Фаллопия
• svenska: Bindor
• 中文（简体）: 何首乌属
• 中文（繁體）: 何首烏屬

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