Rumex: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Rumex
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Rumex
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Rumex
The docks and sorrels, genus Rumex, are a genus of about 200 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. Members of this genus are common perennial herbs with a worldwide native distribution in temperate and subtropical climates.
Some are nuisance weeds (and are sometimes called dockweed or dock weed), but some are grown for their edible leaves. Rumex species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species, and are the only host plants of the butterflies Lycaena dispar and Lycaena rubidus.
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- skräppor
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- Swedish
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- Ukrainian
- Щавель
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Parent Taxon
Child Taxa
- Rumex abyssinicus
- Rumex acetosa
- Rumex acetosella
- Rumex aeroplaniformis
- Rumex aetnensis
- Rumex albescens
- Rumex algeriensis
- Rumex alpinus
- Rumex altissimus
- Rumex andinus
- Rumex angustifolius
- Rumex aquaticus
- Rumex arcticus
- Rumex arifolius
- Rumex aristidis
- Rumex aureostigmatica
- Rumex azoricus
- Rumex balcanicus
- Rumex beringensis
- Rumex bidens
- Rumex bipinnatus
- Rumex bithynicus
- Rumex brachypodus
- Rumex britannica
- Rumex brownii
- Rumex bucephalophorus
- Rumex californicus
- Rumex chalepensis
- Rumex chrysocarpos
- Rumex confertus
- Rumex conglomeratus
- Rumex cordatus
- Rumex costaricensis
- Rumex crassus
- Rumex crispissimus
- Rumex crispus
- Rumex cristatus
- Rumex crystallinus
- Rumex cuneifolius
- Rumex cyprius
- Rumex densiflorus
- Rumex dentatus
- Rumex dregeanus
- Rumex dumosus
- Rumex flexicaulis
- Rumex flexuosus
- Rumex floridanus
- Rumex frutescens
- Rumex fueginus
- Rumex garipensis
- Rumex giganteus
- Rumex ginii
- Rumex gmelinii
- Rumex graminifolius
- Rumex hastatulus
- Rumex hastatus
- Rumex hastifolius
- Rumex hesperius
- Rumex hydrolapathum
- Rumex hymenosepalus
- Rumex hypogaeus
- Rumex inconspicuus
- Rumex induratus
- Rumex intermedius
- Rumex japonicus
- Rumex kerneri
- Rumex krausei
- Rumex lacustris
- Rumex lanceolatus
- Rumex lapponicus
- Rumex lativalvis
- Rumex longifolius
- Rumex lunaria
- Rumex maderensis
- Rumex magellanicus
- Rumex maricola
- Rumex maritimus
- Rumex marschallianus
- Rumex mexicanus
- Rumex microcarpus
- Rumex nebroides
- Rumex neglectus
- Rumex nematopodus
- Rumex nepalensis
- Rumex nervosus
- Rumex nivalis
- Rumex oblongifolius
- Rumex obovatus
- Rumex obtusifolius
- Rumex occidentalis
- Rumex occultans
- Rumex orthoneurus
- Rumex pallidus
- Rumex palustris
- Rumex papilio
- Rumex papillaris
- Rumex paraguayensis
- Rumex patientia
- Rumex paucifolius
- Rumex persicarioides
- Rumex peruanus
- Rumex pictus
- Rumex ponticus
- Rumex pseudonatronatus
- Rumex pulcher
- Rumex rhodesius
- Rumex roseus
- Rumex rossicus
- Rumex rugosus
- Rumex rupestris
- Rumex sagittatus
- Rumex salicifolius
- Rumex sanguineus
- Rumex scutatus
- Rumex sibiricus
- Rumex similans
- Rumex simpliciflorus
- Rumex skofitzii
- Rumex skottsbergii
- Rumex spathulatus
- Rumex spinosus
- Rumex spiralis
- Rumex stenoglottis
- Rumex stenophyllus
- Rumex subarcticus
- Rumex suffruticosus
- Rumex tenax
- Rumex tenuifolius
- Rumex thianschanicus
- Rumex thyrsiflorus
- Rumex thyrsoides
- Rumex tingitanus
- Rumex tolimensis
- Rumex transitorius
- Rumex triangulivalvis
- Rumex trisetifer
- Rumex tuberosus
- Rumex tunetanus
- Rumex turcomanicus
- Rumex ucranicus
- Rumex ujskensis
- Rumex usambarensis
- Rumex utahensis
- Rumex venosus
- Rumex verticillatus
- Rumex vesicarius
- Rumex violascens
- Rumex woodii
- Rumex × acutus
- Rumex × celticus
- Rumex × confusus
- Rumex × dissimilis
- Rumex × erubescens
- Rumex × franktonis
- Rumex × heterophyllus
- Rumex × hybridus
- Rumex × knafii
- Rumex × platyphyllus
- Rumex × stenophylloides
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