Fagopyrum sect. Tibeticum Bo Li & M.L.Zhou, 2023

Min, Daozhang, Shi, Wei, Dehshiri, Mohammad Mehdi, Gou, Yuting, Li, Wei, Zhang, Kaixuan, Zhou, Meiliang & Li, Bo, 2023, The molecular phylogenetic position of Harpagocarpus (Polygonaceae) sheds new light on the infrageneric classification of Fagopyrum, PhytoKeys 220, pp. 109-126 : 109

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.220.97667
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scientific name	Fagopyrum sect. Tibeticum Bo Li & M.L.Zhou
status	sect. nov.

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Fagopyrum sect. Tibeticum Bo Li & M.L.Zhou sect. nov.

Type.

Fagopyrum tibeticum (A.J.Li) Adr. Sanchez & Jan. Burke (≡ Parapteropyrum tibeticum A.J.Li).

Diagnosis.

The new section is characterised by having raceme-like inflorescences with sparse flowers, large achenes with appurtenances (wings or setae) along the ribs and greatly exceeding the perianth and persistent perianth accrescent in fruit.

Species.

F. snowdenii and F. tibeticum .

Distribution.

Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda of Africa ( F. snowdenii ) and Tibet of south-western China ( F. tibeticum ).