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Rumex

The genus Rumex is in the family Polygonaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Rumex

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Rumex abyssinicus Jacq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex acetosa L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex acetosella L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex alpestris Jacq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex alpinus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex amurensis F. Schmidt ex Maxim. Accepted M TRO
Rumex andinus Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex angulatus Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex aquaticus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex aquitanicus Rech.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex argentinus Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex azoricus Rech.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex balcanicus Rech.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex beringensis Jurtzev & V.V. Petrovsky Accepted M TRO
Rumex brasiliensis Link Accepted M TRO
Rumex britannica L. Accepted M TRO
Rumex brownii Campd. Accepted M TRO
Rumex bucephalophorus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex californicus Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex chalepensis Mill. Accepted M TRO
Rumex chrysocarpus Moris Accepted M TRO
Rumex confertus Willd. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex conglomeratus Murray Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex cordatus Poir. Accepted M TRO
Rumex costaricensis Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex crispissimus Kuntze Accepted M TRO
Rumex crispus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex cristatus DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex darwinianus Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex densiflorus Osterh. Accepted M TRO
Rumex dentatus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex ellipticus Greene Accepted M TRO
Rumex fascicularis Small Accepted M TRO
Rumex floridanus Meisn. Accepted M TRO
Rumex frutescens Thouars Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex gmelinii Turcz. ex Ledeb. Accepted M TRO
Rumex graminifolius Georgi ex Lamb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex hastatulus Baldwin Accepted M TRO
Rumex hastatus D. Don Accepted M TRO
Rumex × heterophyllus Schultz Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex × hybridus Kindb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex hydrolapathum Huds. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex hymenosepalus Torr. Accepted M TRO
Rumex insularis Czerep. Accepted M TRO
Rumex intermedius DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex japonicus Houtt. Accepted M TRO
Rumex krausei Jurtzev & V.V. Petrovsky Accepted M TRO
Rumex lacustris Greene Accepted M TRO
Rumex lanceolatus Thunb. Accepted M TRO
Rumex lativalvis Meisn. Accepted M TRO
Rumex leptocaulis Brandbyge & Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex longifolius DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex lorentzianus Lindau Accepted M TRO
Rumex lunaria L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex magellanicus Campd. Accepted M TRO
Rumex maricola Remy Accepted M TRO
Rumex maritimus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex marschallianus Rchb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex mexicanus Meisn. Accepted M TRO
Rumex microcarpus Campd. Accepted M TRO
Rumex × muretii Hausskn. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex nebroides Campd. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex nematopodus Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex nepalensis Spreng. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex nivalis Hegetschw. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex oblongifolius Tolm. Accepted M TRO
Rumex obovatus Danser Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex obtusifolius L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex occidentalis S. Watson Accepted M TRO
Rumex orthoneurus Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex palustris Sm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex pamiricus Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex papilio Coss. & Balansa Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex patagonicus Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex patientia L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex paucifolius Nutt. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex persicarioides L. Accepted M TRO
Rumex peruanus Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex polycarpus Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex popovii Pachom. Accepted M TRO
Rumex × pratensis Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex pseudonatronatus (Borbás) Murb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex pseudoxyria A.P. Khokhr. Accepted M TRO
Rumex pulcher L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex pycnanthus Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex rectinervis Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex romassa Remy ex Gay Accepted M TRO
Rumex rossicus Murb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex rugosus Campd. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex rupestris Le Gall Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex sagittatus Thunb. Accepted M TRO
Rumex salicifolius Weinm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex sanguineus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex schischkinii Losinsk. Accepted M TRO
Rumex scutatus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex sibiricus Hultén Accepted M TRO
Rumex similans Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex stenophyllus Ledeb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex steudelii Hochst. ex A. Rich. Accepted M TRO
Rumex subarcticus Lepage Accepted M TRO
Rumex suffruticosus J.Gay ex Meisn. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex thianschanicus Losinsk. Accepted M TRO
Rumex thyrsiflorus Fingerh. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex thyrsoides Desf. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex tingitanus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex tolimensis Wedd. Accepted M TRO
Rumex tomentellus Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex transitorius Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex triangulivalvis (Danser) Rech. f. Accepted M TRO
Rumex trisetifer Stokes Accepted M TRO
Rumex tuberosus L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex turcomanicus Czerep. Accepted M TRO
Rumex ucranicus Fisch. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex × ujskensis Rech.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex vesicarius L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Rumex woodii N.E. Br. Accepted M TRO
Rumex yungningensis Sam. Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 767 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Rumex. Of these 117 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 178 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Rumex. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 767 species names for the genus Rumex recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 117 15.3%
Synonym 154 20.1%
Unplaced 2 0.3%
Unassessed 494 64.4%

All names

The status of the 945 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Rumex recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 149 15.8%
Synonym 298 31.5%
Unplaced 2 0.2%
Unassessed 496 52.5%

Of these names,

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 767 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Rumex, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 117 154 0 0 271 35.3%
Low confidence 0 0 2 494 496 64.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Rumex, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 64 93 0 4 0 161 21.0%
WCSP (in review) 53 61 2 490 1 607 79.1%