Fagopyrum esculentum

Taxonomy

Family

Polygonaceae

Genus

Fagopyrum

Species

esculentum

Distribution

Asia, America, Europe and temperate climate areas. Cultivated in the mountains (500 - 1500 m)

Utility

Cultivated as cereal worldwide. Consumed as salad and sweet food, alcoholic and alcoholic drink. Gluten-free diets. Used in Biological control. Medicinal uses. Honey production and biodiversity.

Flowering time

VII - X

PollenPollenDefinition: The pollen grain is the Gymnosperms and Angiosperms male germ element. Its function relates to the sexual fertilization....
characteristics

Group

MonadMonadDefinition: solitary pollen grain derived from a tetrad or polyad, which normally break down into individual pollen grains....

Simmetry

Radial

PolarityPolarityDefinition: pollen characteristics to possess two endowed poles of equal or different features....

IsopolarIsopolarDefinition: pollen grain with the proximal pole like the distal one....

ExineExineDefinition: external layer of the sporoderm consisting of ectexine plus endexine....
sculpturing

ReticulateReticulateDefinition: sporoderm sculture with reticulum-shaped elements and lumina greater than 1 um. This elements constitute the tectum...

ApertureApertureDefinition: opening to allow pollen tube germination. Zone of pollen grain surface in which the exine thins or completely lacks....

TricolporateTricolporateDefinition: ref. aperture. Pollen grain with three apertures formed by colpi and pori....

Polar viewPolar viewDefinition: view from which it is possible to observe the shape, sculpture, cytoplasm and apertures of a pollen grain in polar position....

SubcircularSubcircularDefinition: kind of pollen shape in polar view....

Equatorial view

OvalOvalDefinition: distinctive shape of a (depressed or compressed) pollen in equatorial view....

Fagopyrum esculentum

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