What is Polygonaceae?
{{Taxobox | name = Polygonaceae | image = Polygonum persicaria bgiu.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''[[Polygonum persicaria]]'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Caryophyllales]] | familia = '''Polygonaceae''' | familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]] }} '''Polygonaceae''' is a family of [[flowering plant]]s are herbs, shrubs, or rarely trees comprising about 30 genera and 1,000 species. The leaves are simple, alternate or rarely opposite, and usually stipulate. Some well known members include [[Fagopyrum|buckwheat]] (''Fagopyrum''), [[Rumex|sorrel]] (''Rumex''), [[rhubarb]] (''Rheum''), and [[Polygonum|knotweed]] (''Polygonum''). {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Polygonaceae| ]]