Genus Rumex L.


Summary
Genus number:
10584
Last updated:
1 April 2011
Family:
Polygonaceae
Subfamily:
Polygonoideae
Tribe:
Rumiceae
Common name(s):

dock, sorrel
Accession count:

155 (80  active, 35  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:


Synonyms
Synonym(s) Probable synonym(s) Possible synonym(s)

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References:
  1. Don, R. & S. Ducournau. 2018. International Seed Testing Association handbook on seedling evaluation Appendix 2:A2-7.
  2. Schuster, T. M. et al. 2015. An updated molecular phylogeny of Polygonoideae (Polygonaceae): relationships of Oxygonum, Pteroxygonum, and Rumex, and a new circumscription of Koenigia. Taxon 64:1188-1208.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=10584. Accessed 29 September 2026.