PLANTS Profile for Brunnichia ovata (American buckwheat vine)

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Brunnichia ovata (Walter) Shinners
American buckwheat vine

Symbol:

BROV4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Brunnichia ovata (Walter) Shinners

Brunnichia cirrhosa

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 677. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Brunnichia ovata (Walter) Shinners

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Synonyms:
Brunnichia ovata (Walter) Shinners

	BRCI3	Brunnichia cirrhosa Gaertn.
	RAOV	Rajania ovata Walter

Distribution:
Brunnichia ovata (Walter) Shinners


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MO, MS, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Brunnichia ovata (Walter) Shinners

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 1 species in Brunnichia

Classification:
Brunnichia ovata (Walter) Shinners

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Polygonales
Family	Polygonaceae – Buckwheat family
Genus	Brunnichia Banks ex Gaertn. – buckwheat vine
Species	Brunnichia ovata (Walter) Shinners – American buckwheat vine

U.S. Weed Information:
Brunnichia ovata (Walter) Shinners

American buckwheat vine
redvine

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SWSS

Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Brunnichia ovata (Walter) Shinners

Brunnichia cirrhosa:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW-,FACW

FACW

FACW-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Brunnichia ovata (Walter) Shinners

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501079.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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