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The genus Fallopia is named after Gabriello Fallopio or Fallopius who was the superintendent of the botanical garden at Padua. He was also an acclaimed anatomist, being considered a founder of modern anatomy along with Vesalius and Eustachius.
Japanese knotweed or false sachaline (Fallopia japonica) was once classified as Polygonum cuspidatum and Reynoutria japonica. Giant knotweed or sachaline (Fallopia sachaliensis) is a native of eastern Siberia, which had been called Polygonum sachaliense. Five other species of Fallopia exist in the United States: F. aubertii, F. baldschuanica, F. convolvulus, F. cilinodis. and F. scandens. Only the last two are native species.
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