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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

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

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

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 5 are recorded as illegitimate

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: