Biology:Rumex abyssinicus

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Rumex abyssinicus
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Growing near Gondar, Ethiopia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Rumex
Species:
R. abyssinicus
Binomial name
Rumex abyssinicus
Jacq.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Meisn. (Jacq.) Á.Löve & B.M.Kapoor
  • Rumex arifolius Acetosa abyssinica
  • L.f., non All. Rumex schimperi

Rumex abyssinicus is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to tropical Africa, including Madagascar.[1]

Taxonomy

Rumex abyssinicus was first described by Nikolaus von Jacquin in 1777.[2] 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,[3] or of R. alpestris.[4])

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