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Taxon:  Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn.



Summary
Genus:
Fagopyrum
Family:
Polygonaceae
Subfamily:
Polygonoideae
Tribe:
Fagopyreae
Nomen number:
16531
Place of publication:
Fruct. sem. pl. 2:182. 1790
Verified:
03/10/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Polygonum tataricum L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Fagopyrum rotundatum Bab.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
  3. Demilly, D. et al. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. 1996
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  6. Galasso, G. 2011. Review of Polygonaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
  7. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
  8. Iwatsuki, K. et al. Flora of Japan. 1993-
  9. Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. Atlas florae europaeae. 1972-
  10. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
  11. Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. Flora of Siberia (English translation). 2000-
  12. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  13. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  15. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  16. Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
  17. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  18. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
  19. Yen, Kun-Ying. Illustrated Chinese materia medica: crude drugs. 1980
Common names
English
duckwheat –
green buckwheat –
India buckwheat –
India-wheat –
Tartary buckwheat –
French
sarrasin de Tartarie –
German
tatarischer Buchweizen –
India (Hindi)
kaspat –
Italian
grano saraceno siberiano –
Spanish
alforfón de Tartaria –
Swedish
sibiriskt bovete –
Transcribed Chinese
ku chiao mai –
ku qiao –
Transliterated Russian
grečicha tatarskaja –
tatarka –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHeilongjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJilin 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaLiaoning 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNei Monggol 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaQinghai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaSikkim 
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
2CultivatedEurope Europe  
2CultivatedNorthern America Canada  
2CultivatedNorthern America United States  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian Federation-Far EastFar East 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Eastern SiberiaEastern Siberia 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
4NaturalizedEurope Europe  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaNew Brunswick 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaNewfoundland 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaNova Scotia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaOntario 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaQuebec 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaine 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMassachusetts 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMichigan 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Hampshire 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew York 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesRhode Island 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesVermont 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesWest Virginia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaAlberta 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaSaskatchewan 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Heilongjiang, Hebei, Hunan, Hubei, Gansu, Jilin, Guizhou, Liaoning, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Qinghai, Yunnan, Nei Monggol, Xinjiang, Xizang]
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India [Sikkim]
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation-Far East [Far East]
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, Saskatchewan]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Human foodpseudocereal Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
Weedpotential seed contaminant CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=16531. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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