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Rumex L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 333 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000033616.

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Synonyms of Rumex

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Acetosa Tourn. ex Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 : s.p. (1754) wfo-4000000198
Acetosella (Raf.) Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon , n.s., 17: 145 (1869) wfo-4000000200
Lapathum Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 : s.p. (1754) wfo-4000020580

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Rumex:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex abortivus Ruhmer Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 253 (1881) wfo-0000403601
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex accessorius Rech.f. Candollea 12: 144 (1949) wfo-0000403599
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex acetosella subsp. arenicola Elven Nordic J. Bot. 1999 — wfo-1200112717
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex acetosella subsp. multifidus (L.) Schübl. & G. Martens Fl. Würtemberg 1834 — wfo-1200112867
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex acetoselliformis Murr Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1927, xxxiii. 25 (1928), hybr. wfo-0000403609
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex acetosus St Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon vii. (1880) 113, 134. wfo-0000403603
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex acidus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 258. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796] wfo-0000403619
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex acmophorus Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 4 (1875) wfo-0000403620
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex aculeatus L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10 , 2: 991 (1759) wfo-0000403621
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex acuminatus Campd. Monogr. Rumex : 116 (1819) wfo-0000403622
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex adscendens Danser Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 1925: 471 (1926) wfo-0000403624
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex adulterinus Wallr. Erst. Beitr. Fl. Hercyn. 197. 1840 wfo-0000403625
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex advenigena Danser & Kloos Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 1934, xliv. 115. wfo-0000403611
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex aegyptius L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 990. 1759 [7 Jun 1759] wfo-0000403606
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex aeroplaniformis Eig Pl. Palest. : 99 (1931) wfo-0000403607
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex afer Savi Atti Storia Nat. Bologna 3: 90 (1830) wfo-0000403618
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex affinis Kunth – — wfo-0001100901
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex afromontanus T.C.E.Fr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 35 (1924) wfo-0000403610
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex akeroydii Rumsey Watsonia 22: 414 (1999) wfo-0000403613
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex alcockii Rech.f. Nuytsia 5: 109 (1984) wfo-0000403615
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex alexandrinus hort. ex Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7(2): 1476, nomen. 1830 [Oct-Dec 1830] wfo-0000403616
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex alexidis B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 93: 645 (1966) wfo-0000403617
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex algeriensis Barratte & Murb. ex Murb. Acta Univ. Lund. 34(2; 3): 6 (1899) wfo-0000403578
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex alismifolius Fresen. Flora 21: 602 (1838) wfo-0000403542
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex allionii Link Handbuch 1: 306 (1829) wfo-0000403589
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex amanus Rech.f. Candollea 12: 108 (1949) wfo-0000403550
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex ambigens Hausskn. Mitt. Geogr. Ges. (Thüringen) Jena 3(4): 61 (1885) wfo-0000403551
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex ambiguus J.Gay ex Gaudin Fl. Helv. 2: 589 (1828) wfo-0000404499
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex americanus Campd. Monogr. Rumex : 151 (1819) wfo-0000404500
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex andreaeanus Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 20: 7 (1906) wfo-0000404486
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex angrenii Sumnev. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Uzbekistansk. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 2: 27 (1940) wfo-0000404488
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex angustatus Raf. New Fl. 4: 53 (1838) wfo-0000403539
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex angustifolius Campd. Monogr. Rumex : 63 (1819) wfo-0000403548
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex angustifolius Engelm. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 64. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000403549
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex angustifolius subsp. angustifolius – – — wfo-1200107719
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex angustifolius subsp. libanoticus Rech.f. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 354 (1934) wfo-1200110174
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex angustifolius subsp. macranthus (Meisn.) Rech. f. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33:354 1934 — wfo-1200112718
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex anisotylodes Sumnev. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Uzbekistansk. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 2: 28 (1940) wfo-0000403534
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex anisotyloies Sumner – — wfo-0001101680
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex anthoxanthus Murray Prod. Stirp. Gott. : 52 (1770) wfo-0000403535
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex anthoxantum Moench Enum. Pl. Hass. 174. 1777 wfo-0000403536
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex antiscorbuticus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 258 (1796) wfo-0000403537
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex aquaticiformis Rech.f. Ark. Bot. 26A(3): 10 (1934) wfo-0000403543
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex aquaticus subsp. aquaticus – – — wfo-1200108375
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex arboreus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 258. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796] wfo-0000403553
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex arcuatoramosus Rech.f. Fl. Pakistan 205: 146 (2001) wfo-0000403569
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex arenarius Poepp. ex Endl. Gen. Pl. , Suppl. 4(2): 52 (1848) wfo-0000403570
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex areschougii Beck Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 24: 44 (1904) wfo-0000403572
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex areschougii Eckstr. ex F.Aresch. Bot. Not. 1866: 10, 54. wfo-0000403571
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex arifolius L.f. Suppl. Pl. : 212 (1782) wfo-0000403579
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex aristidis Coss. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 5: 103 (1858) wfo-0000403573
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex armenus K.Koch Linnaea 22: 209 (1849) wfo-0000403575
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex armoraciifolius Neuman Bot. Not. 1885: 155 (1885) wfo-0000403576
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex arnottii Druce Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 7: 781 (1925 publ. 1926) wfo-0000403577
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex arpadianus Bihari Magyar Bot. Lapok 27: 81 (1928 publ. 1929) wfo-0000403561
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex atlanticus Coss. ex Batt. Contr. Fl. Atl. : 79 (1919) wfo-0000403555
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex atriplicifolius Rchb. ex Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 1460 (1830) wfo-0000403556
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex attenuatus Valta Memoranda Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 51: 25 (1975) wfo-0000403557
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex auratus Sm. Cycl. 30: n.º 30 (1815) wfo-0000403565
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex aureostigmatias Kom. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 166 (1914) wfo-0000403559
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex auritus Campd. Monogr. Rumex 149. 1819 wfo-0000403563
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex austriacus Teyber Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 58: 9 (1908) wfo-0000403642
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex autranianus Freyn & Sint. ex Dinsm. Fl. Syria , ed. 2, 2: 465 (1933) wfo-0000403544
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex babiogorensis Zapał. Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 2: 116 (1908) wfo-0000403694
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex baehnii Rech.f. Candollea 12: 138 (1949) wfo-0000403695
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex balatonensis Borbás Balaton Fl. 341 (1900), hybr. wfo-0000403696
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex balatonus Borbás Res. Wiss. Erforsch. Balaton 2(2): 95 (1907) wfo-0000403697
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex bellojocensis Gand. Fl. Lyon. : 190 (1875) wfo-0000403707
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex benearnensis Gand. Herb. Pyrénées 22 1884 wfo-1000064621
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex berlandieri Bello in Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. xii. (1883) 104 (an Berlandieri, Meissn. ?). wfo-0000403702
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex berlandieri Meisn. Prodr. 14: 45 (1856) wfo-0000403700
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex bethkei Abrom. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46(5, Beibl. 106): 92. 1912, in obs., hybr.; Aschers. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. iv. 742 (1912), hybr. wfo-0000403703
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex bidens R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 421 (1810) wfo-0000403705
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex bidentula Raf. New Fl. 4: 52 (1838) wfo-0000403685
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex biemarginatus Gand. Fl. Lyon. [Gandoger] 191. 1875 wfo-0000403704
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex bithynicus Rech.f. Pl. Syst. Evol. 148: 317 (1985) wfo-0000403679
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex blockii Zapał. Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 2: 111 (1908) wfo-0000403680
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex bolosii Stübing, Peris & Romo Feddes Repert. 106: 149 (1995) wfo-0000403681
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex bonariensis Campd. Monogr. Rumex 144. 1819 wfo-0000403691
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex bontei Danser Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 1925: 468 (1926) wfo-0000403684
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex borbasii Błocki Oesterr. Bot. Z. 39: 155 (1889) wfo-0000403677
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex brachypodus Rech.f. Candollea 11: 233 (1948) wfo-0000403686
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex brassaianus Bihari Magyar Bot. Lapok 27: 77 (1928 publ. 1929) wfo-0000403687
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex britanica Huds. Fl. Angl. : 135 (1762) wfo-0000403689
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex britannicus Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina [Elliott] 1: 414. 1817 [Dec(?) 1817] wfo-0000403682
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex britannicus Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 239. 1824 wfo-0000403706
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex brownianus Raoul Choix Pl. Nouv.-Zel. 42. 1846 [Jan 1846] wfo-0000403721
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex brownianus Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 1395 (1830) wfo-0000403720
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex brueggeri Guerke. – — wfo-0001101686
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex bryhnii Snogerup Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 85:254 1991 — wfo-1000081161
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex bucephalophorus subsp. bucephalophorus – – — wfo-1200107706
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex bucovinensis Prodan Fl. Republ. Popul. Român. 1: 640 (1952) wfo-0000403725
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex buianus Prodan Fl. Republ. Popul. Român. 1: 639 (1952) wfo-0000403719
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex bulbosus Campd. Monogr. Rumex : 151 (1819) wfo-0000403727
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex burchellii Campd. Monogr. Rumex : 135 (1819) wfo-0000403728
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex cacozelus Valta Ann. Bot. Fenn. 16: 140 (1979) wfo-0000403729
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex caldeirarum H.C.Watson ex Meisn. Prodr. 14: 43 (1856) wfo-0000403730
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex caldeirarum Rech.f. Candollea 11: 235 (1948) wfo-0000403712
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex callianthemus Danser Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 1920: 244 (1921) wfo-0000403724
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rumex calthifolius Campd. Monogr. Rumex 150. 1819 wfo-0000403708