A

Rumex abyssinicus Jacq.
Accepted Names:
Rumex abyssinicus Jacq. (Flora Ethiopia)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Rumex schimperi Meisn.; Rumex abyssinicus var. schimperi (Meisn.) Asch.; Rumex abyssinicus
Jacq. var. angustisectus Engl.; Rumex abyssinicus Jacq. var calystegiifolius Rech.f.; Rumex
abyssinicus Jacq. var. retrorsilobatus Rech.f. (Flora Ethiopia)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Rechinger 1954 Africa)
Geographic Distribution:
Africa (Flora Ethiopia)

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Rumex acetosa L.
Accepted Names:
Rumex acetosa L. (Flora of North America, Flora of China: eFloras.org, Plantas del Cono Sur,
Flora Europaea, Flora USSR, Flora of Morocco, Flora of Kashmir, Plants of Korea)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Acetosa pratensis Miller; Rumex acetosa subsp. pratensis (Miller) A. Blytt & O.C. Dahl (Flora
of North America: eFloras.org)
Acetosa pratensis Miller (Flora of China: eFloras.org)
Rumex vinealis Timb.-Lagr. & Jeanb.; Rumex hibernicus Rech.f. (Flora Europaea)
Acetosa pratensis Miller; Lapathum acetosum Scop.; Lapathum pretense Lam.; Rumex
micranthus Camp. ex Meisn.; Rumex pratensis Dulac; Acetosa pratensis var. pratensis (Mill.)
Wallr.; Acetosa pratensis var. vulgaris Koch; Acetosa pratensis var. velutinus K.Johansson;
Acetosa pratensis var. fissus Koch (Flora USSR)
None (Flora Morocco)
Rumex pratensis Dulac; Lapathum pretense Lam. (Flora of Kashmir)
Acetosa pratensis Miller; Lapathum acetosa (L.) Scop.; Lapathum pretense (Mill.) Lam.; Rumex
acidus Salisb.; Rumex acetosa L. var. vulgaris Hartm.; Rumex acetosa L. var. pratensis (Mill.)
Wallr.; Rumex micranthus Campd.; Rumex pratensis (Mill.) Dulac; Rumex acetosa subsp.
pratensis (Mill.) Blytt & O.C. Dahl (Plants of Korea)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora Europaea, Flora USSR, Flora of Kashmir, Rechinger 1937 North America,
Rechinger 1953 Asia, Rechinger 1958 Europe)
Geographic Distribution:

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America (Flora of North America: eFloras.org)
Asia, Europe, North America (Flora of China eFloras.org)
South America (Plantas del Cono Sur)
Europe (Flora Europaea)
Asia, Europe (Flora USSR)
Asia, Europe, North America (Flora Morocco)
Asia (Flora of Kashmir)

Asia (Plants of Korea)

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Rumex alpestris Jacq.
Accepted Names:
Rumex alpestris Jacq.
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Lapathum alpestre (Jacq.) Scop.; Rumex arifolius All.; Rumex montanus

Desf.; Rumex acetosa L. subsp. auriculatus (Wallr.) Blytt & O.C.Dahl;

Rumex acetosa L. subsp. alpestris (Scop.)
A.Löve (Plants of Korea)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Source?)
Geographic Distribution:
Asia (Plants of Korea)

Rumex amplexicaulis Lapeyr.
Accepted Names:
Rumex amplexicaulis Lapeyr. (Flora Europaea)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
None (Flora Europaea)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora Europaea)
Geographic Distribution:
Europe (Flora Europaea)

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Rumex arifolius All.
Accepted Names:
Rumex arifolius All. (Flora Europaea, Flora USSR)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Rumex montanus Desf. (Flora Europaea)
Rumex arifolius var. caucasicus G.Schir. ex Grossh.; Rumex acetosa var. arifolius Neilr.; Rumex
montanus Desf.; Rumex acetosa var. alpinus Komarov and Hultén (Flora USSR)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora Europaea, Flora USSR. Rechinger 1958 Europe)
Geographic Distribution:
Europe (Flora Europaea)
Asia, Europe (Flora USSR)

Rumex aristidis Coss.
Treated only in: Rechinger 1954 Africa

Rumex bipinnatus L.fil.
Accepted Names:
Rumex bipinnatus L.fil. (Flora Morocco)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Rumex pictus subsp. bipinnatus (L.fil.) Maire (Flora Morocco)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Rechinger 1954 Africa)
Geographic Distribution:
Africa (Flora Morocco)

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C

Rumex cordatus Poir.
Accepted Names:
Rumex cordatus Poir. (Checklist of Plants of Southern Africa)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Rumex cordatus Desf.; Rumex sarcorhizus Link; Rumex tuberosus Thunb. sed non L. (Checklist
of Plants of Southern Africa)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Rechinger 1954 Africa)
Geographic Distribution:
Africa (Checklist of Plants of Southern Africa)

Rumex cyprius Murb.
Accepted Names:
Rumex cyprius Murb. (Flora Morocco)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Rumex cyprius Murb. subsp. conjungens Sam. (Flora Morocco)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Rechinger 1954 Africa, Rechinger 1953 Asia)
Geographic Distribution:
Africa, Asia, Europe (Flora Morocco)

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E
Rumex ephedroides Bornm.
Treated only in: Rechinger 1953 Asia
Rumex fontano-paludosus Kalela
Accepted Names:
Rumex fontano-paludosus Kalela (Flora Europaea)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
None (Flora Europaea)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora Europaea)
Geographic Distribution:
Europe (Flora Europaea)

 

G
Rumex gussonei Arcangeli

Accepted Names:
Rumex gussonei Arcangeli (Flora Europaea)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Rumex triangularis Guss. (sed non DC.); Rumex nebroides Campd.; Rumex acetoas var. alpinus
Boiss. (Flora Europaea)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora Europaea)
Geographic Distribution:
Europe (Flora Europaea)

 

H
Rumex hastatulus Baldw.

Accepted Names:
Rumex hastatulus Baldw. (Flora of North America: eFloras.org)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Acetosa hastatula (Baldwin) Á. Löve; Rumex engelmannii Meisner (Flora of North America:
eFloras.org)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Rechinger 1937 North America)
Geographic Distribution:
North America (Flora of North America: eFloras.org)

Rumex hastatus D. Don
Accepted Names:
Rumex hastatus D. Don (Flora of China: eFloras.org, Flora of Kashmir)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Rumex dissectus H. Léveillé (Flora of China: eFloras.org)
None (Flora of Kashmir)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora of Kashmir, Rechinger 1953 Asia)
Geographic Distribution:
Asia (Flora of China: eFloras.org)
Asia (Flora of Kashmir)

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I
Rumex induratus Bioss. and Reuter
Accepted Names:
Rumex induratus Bioss. and Reuter (Flora Europaea, Flora Morocco)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
None (Flora Europaea)
Rumex scutatus subsp. induratus (Boiss. & Reuter) Nyman (Flora Morocco)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora Europaea, Rechinger 1954 Africa)
Geographic Distribution:
Europe (Flora Europaea)
Africa, Europe (Flora Morocco)

Rumex intermedius DC.

Accepted Names:
Rumex intermedius DC. (Flora Europaea, Flora Morocco)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
None (Flora Europaea)
Rumex thyrsioides subsp. intermedius (DC.) Maire & Weiller (Flora Morocco)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora Europaea, Rechinger 1954 Africa)
Geographic Distribution:
Europe (Flora Europaea)
Africa, Europe (Flora Morocco)

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L
Rumex lapponicus (Hiitonen) Czernov
Accepted Names:
Rumex lapponicus (Hiitonen) Czernov (Flora of North America: eFloras.org)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Acetosa alpestris (Jacquin) Á. Löve subsp. lapponica (Hiitonen) Á. Löve; Acetosa lapponica
(Hiitonen) Holub; Rumex acetosa Linnaeus subsp. lapponicus Hiitonen; Rumex alpestris Jacquin
subsp. lapponicus (Hiitonen) Jalas (Flora of North America: eFloras.org)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Source?)
Geographic Distribution:
Asia, Europe, North America (Flora of North America: eFloras.org)

Rumex lativalvis Meisn.
Accepted Names:
Rumex lativalvis Meisn. (Checklist of Plants of Southern Africa)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Rumex lativalvis Meisn. var. acetosoides Meisn.; Rumex lativalvis Meisn. var. decipiens Meisn.
(Checklist of Plants of Southern Africa)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Rechinger 1954 Africa)
Geographic Distribution:
Africa (Checklist of Plants of Southern Africa)

Rumex limoniastrum Jaub. & Spach
Treated only in: Rechinger 1953 Asia

Rumex lunaria L.
Accepted Names:
Rumex lunaria L. (Flora Europaea)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
None (Flora Europaea)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora Europaea, Rechinger 1954 Africa, Rechinger 1953 Asia)
Geographic Distribution:
Europe (Flora Europaea)

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M

Rumex maderensis Lowe.
Treated only in: Rechinger 1954 Africa

Rumex montanus Desf.
Treated only in: Rechinger 1953 Asia
Otherwise given as a synonym

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N
Rumex nervosus Vahl.
Accepted Names:
Rumex nervosus Vahl. (Flora Ethiopia)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Rumex persicarioides Forssk.; Rumex alismaefolius Fresen.; Rumex ellenbeckii Dammer (Flora
Ethiopia)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Rechinger 1954 Africa, Rechinger 1953 Asia)
Geographic Distribution:
Africa (Flora Ethiopia)

Rumex nivalis Hegetschw.
Accepted Names:
Rumex nivalis Hegetschw. (Flora Europaea)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
None (Flora Europaea)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora Europaea, Rechinger 1958 Europe)
Geographic Distribution:
Europe (Flora Europaea)

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O
Rumex occultans Sam.
Treated only in: Rechinger 1953 Asia

 

P
Rumex papilio Cosson & Balansa
Accepted Names:
Rumex papilio Cosson & Balansa (Flora Morocco)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
None (Flora Morocco)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Rechinger 1954 Africa)
Geographic Distribution:
Africa (Flora Morocco)

Rumex papillaris Boiss. & Reuter
Accepted Names:
Rumex papillaris Boiss. & Reuter (Flora Europaea)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:

None (Flora Europaea)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora Europaea)
Geographic Distribution:
Europe (Flora Europaea)

Rumex paucifolius Nuttall
Accepted Names:
Rumex paucifolius Nuttall (Flora of North America: eFloras.org)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Acetosa gracilescens (Rechinger f.) Á. Löve & Everson; Acetosa paucifolia (Nuttall) Á. Löve;
Acetosella gracilescens (Rechinger f.) Á. Löve; Acetosella paucifolia (Nuttall) Á. Löve; Rumex
engelmannii Meisner var. geyeri Meisner; Rumex geyeri (Meisner) Trelease; Rumex paucifolius
var. gracilescens Rechinger f. (Flora of North America: eFloras.org)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Rechinger 1937 North America)
Geographic Distribution:
North America (Flora of North America: eFloras.org)

Rumex pictus Forsk.
Treated only in: Rechinger 1953 Asia, 1954 Africa
Otherwise given as a synonym

Rumex pratensis Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
Treated only in original publication
Otherwise given as a synonym

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R
Rumex roseus L.
Accepted Names:
Rumex roseus L. (Flora Morocco)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Rumex tingitanus L. (Flora Morocco)
Subgenus:
Acetosa? (Source?)
Geographic Distribution:
Africa, Asia (Flora Morocco)

Rumex rothschildianus Aarons.
Treated only in: Rechinger 1953 Asia

Rumex rugosus Campd.
Accepted Names:
Rumex rugosus Campd. (Flora Europaea)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Rumex ambiguous Gren. (Flora Europaea)
Subgenus:

Acetosa (Flora Europaea)
Geographic Distribution:
Europe (Flora Europaea)

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S
Rumex sagittatus Thunb.
Accepted Names:
Rumex saggittatus Thunb. (Checklist of Plants of Southern Africa)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Acetosa sagittata (Thunb.) L.A.S. Johnson & B.G. Briggs; Rumex burchellii Campd.; Rumex
luxurians L.f.; Rumex sagittatus Thunb. var. latilobus Meisn.; Rumex sagittatus Thunb. var.
megalotys Meisn.; Rumex scandens Burch. (Checklist of Plants of Southern Africa)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Rechinger 1954 Africa, Rechinger 1984 Australia)
Geographic Distribution:
Africa (Checklist of Plants of Southern Africa)

Rumex scutatus L.
Accepted Names:
Rumex scutatus L. (Flora Europaea, Flora of Turkey, Flora USSR [but misspelled as Rumex
acutatus L.])
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Rumex aetnensis C. Presl. (Flora Europaea)
Rumex hastifolius M.Bieb. (Flora of Turkey)
Rumex hastifolius M.Bieb.; Rumex pubescens C.Koch; Rumex scutatus L. var. typicus Beck.;
Rumex scutatus L. var. hastatus Schult.; Rumex scutatus L. var. pubescens Beck.; Rumex
scutatus L. var. glaucus Jacq. (Flora USSR)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora Europaea, Flora of Turkey, Flora USSR, Rechinger 1954 Africa, Rechinger 1953
Asia, Rechinger 1953 Asia, Rechinger 1958 Europe)
Geographic Distribution:
Europe (Flora Europaea)
Asia (Flora of Turkey)
Asia, Europe (Flora USSR)

Rumex simpliciflorus Murb.
Accepted Names:
Rumex simpliciflorus Murb. (Flora Morocco)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
None (Flora Morocco)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Rechinger 1954 Africa, Rechinger 1953 Asia)
Geographic Distribution:
Africa, Asia (Flora Morocco)

Rumex suffruticosus Gay ex Meissner
Accepted Names:

Rumex suffruticosus Gay ex Meissner (Flora Europaea)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
None (Flora Europaea)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora Europaea)
Geographic Distribution:
Europe (Flora Europaea)

T
Rumex thyrsiflorus Fingerhut
Accepted Names:
Rumex thyrsiflorus Fingerhut (Flora of North America, Flora of China: eFloras.org, Flora
Europaea, Flora USSR)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Acetosa thyrsiflora (Fingerhuth) Á. Löve & D. Löve; Rumex acetosa Linnaeus subsp.
auriculatus (Wallroth) A. Blytt & O. C. Dahl; Rumex acetosa var. auriculatus Wallroth; Rumex
acetosa var. crispus (Roth) elakovský; Rumex acetosa var. haplorhizus (Czernjaev ex
Turczaninow) Trautvetter; Rumex acetosa subsp. thyrsiflorus (Fingerhuth) elakovský; Rumex
auriculatus (Wallroth) Murbeck; Rumex haplorhizus Czernjaev ex Turczaninow (Flora of North
America: eFloras.org)
Acetosa thyrsiflora (Fingerhuth) A. Löve & D. Löve; Rumex acetosa Linnaeus subsp.
thyrsiflorus (Fingerhuth) Celakovský; Rumex haplorhizus Czernjaev ex Turczaninow; Rumex
thyrsiflorus var. mandshuricus A. Baranov & B. Skvortsov (Flora of China: eFloras.org)
Rumex nemorivagus Timb.-Lagr. (Flora Europaea)
Rumex acetosa var. auriculatus Wallr.; Rumex haplorhizus Czern.; Rumex acetosa var.
angustata Meisn. (Flora USSR)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora Europaea, Flora USSR, Rechinger 1937 North America, Rechinger 1953 Asia.
Rechinger 1958 Europe)
Geographic Distribution:
Asia, Europe, North America (Flora of North America: eFloras.org)
Asia, Europe, North America (Flora of China: eFloras.org)
Europe (Flora Europaea)
Asia, Europe (Flora USSR)

Rumex thyrsoides Desf.
Accepted Names:
Rumex thyrsoides Desf. (Flora Europaea, Flora Morocco)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
None (Flora Europaea)
None (Flora Morocco)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora Europaea)
Geographic Distribution:
Europe (Flora Europaea)
Africa (Flora Morocco)

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Rumex tingitanus L.
Accepted Names:
Rumex tingitanus L. (Flora Europaea)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Rumex tingitanus L. var. lacerus Boiss. (Flora Europaea)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora Europaea, Rechinger 1954 Africa)
Geographic Distribution:
Europe (Flora Europaea)

Rumex tmoleus Boiss.
Accepted Names:
Rumex tmoleus Boiss. (Flora of Turkey)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
None (Flora of Turkey)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora of Turkey, Rechinger 1953 Asia)
Geographic Distribution:
Asia (Flora of Turkey)

Rumex trinervius Rech.f.
Trrated only in: Rechinger 1954 Africa

Rumex tuberosus L.
Accepted Names:
Rumex tuberosus L. (Flora Europaea, Flora of Turkey, Flora USSR, Flora Morocco)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Rumex tuberosus L. subsp. tuberosus; Rumex tuberosus L. subsp. criticus (Boiss.) Rech.f. (Flora
Europaea)
Rumex tuberosus L. subsp. tuberosus; Rumex tuberosus L. subsp. creticus (Boiss.) Rech.; Rumex
tuberosus L. subsp. contractus Rech.; Rumex tuberosus L. subsp. horizontalis (Koch) Rech.
(Flora of Turkey)
Rumex acetosa var. tuberosus C.A.M. Verzeichn. (Flora USSR)
None (Flora Morocco)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora Europaea, Flora of Turkey, Flora USSR, Rechinger 1953 Asia)
Geographic Distribution:
Asia, Europe (Flora Europaea)
Africa, Asia, Europe (Flora of Turkey)
Asia, Europe (Flora USSR)
Africa, Asia (Flora Morocco)

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U
Rumex usambarensis Dammer
Treated only in original publication

 

V
Rumex vesicarius L.

Accepted Names:
Rumex vesicarius L. (Flora Europaea, Flora Ethiopia, Flora Morocco)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
None (Flora Europaea)
None (Flora Ethiopia)
None (Flora Morocco)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Flora Europaea, Rechinger 1954 Africa, Rechinger 1953 Asia, Rechinger 1984
Australia)
Geographic Distribution:
Africa, Asia, Europe (Flora Europaea)
Africa (Flora Ethiopia)
Africa, Asia (Flora Morocco)

 

W
Rumex woodii N.E. Brown
Accepted Names:
Rumex woodii N.E. Brown (Checklist of Plants of Southern Africa)
Synonyms and Sub-Specific Taxa:
Rumex natalensis Dammer ex J.M. Wood (Checklist of Plants of Southern Africa)
Subgenus:
Acetosa (Rechinger 1954 Africa)
Geographic Distribution:
Africa (Checklist of Plants of Southern Africa)