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Rumex abyssinicus

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Species of flowering plant

Rumex abyssinicus
Growing near Gondar, Ethiopia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Rumex
Species: R. abyssinicus
Binomial name
Rumex abyssinicus
Jacq.
Synonyms
  • Acetosa abyssinica (Jacq.) Á.Löve & B.M.Kapoor
  • Rumex arifolius L.f., non All.
  • Rumex schimperi Meisn.

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

Taxonomy

Rumex abyssinicus was first described by Nikolaus von Jacquin in 1777. R. arifolius L.f. is a synonym of this species. (R. arifolius All. is a different species, regarded as either a synonym of R. hispanicus, or of R. alpestris.)

References

  1. ^ "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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Taxon identifiers
Rumex abyssinicus
Rumex arifolius


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