Rumex abyssinicus

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Rumex abyssinicus
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Growing near Gondar, Ethiopia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Rumex
Species:
R. abyssinicus
Binomial name
Rumex abyssinicus
Jacq. [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Acetosa abyssinica(Jacq.) Á.Löve & B.M.Kapoor
  • Rumex arifoliusL.f., non All.
  • Rumex schimperiMeisn.

Rumex abyssinicus is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to tropical Africa, including Madagascar. [1]

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Taxonomy

Rumex abyssinicus was first described by Nikolaus von Jacquin in 1777. [2] R. arifoliusL.f. is a synonym of this species. (R. arifoliusAll. is a different species, regarded as either a synonym of R. hispanicus , [3] or of R. alpestris . [4] )

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rumex abyssinicus Jacq.", Plants of the World Online , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2019-03-12
  2. ↑ "Plant Name Details for Rumex abyssinicus Jacq.", The International Plant Names Index , retrieved 2019-03-12
  3. ↑ "Rumex hispanicus C.C.Gmel.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-03-11
  4. ↑ "Rumex arifolius All.", Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden, retrieved 2019-03-11


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