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Taxon:
Rheum alexandrae
Batalin
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Rheum
Family:
Polygonaceae
Subfamily:
Polygonoideae
Tribe:
Rumiceae
Nomen number:
31101
Place of publication:
Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 13:384. 1894
Verified:
03/10/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Barney, D. L. & K. E. Hummer.
2012. Rhubarb: Botany, horticulture, and genetic resources. Hort. Rev. 4:157, 168.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Kao, T. C. & C. Y. Cheng.
1975. Synopsis of the Chinese
Rheum
. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 13(3):79.
URL:
http://www.plantsystematics.com/en/gkll.asp
Ruirui, L. et al.
2010. Uniformity of karyotypes in
Rheum
(Polygonaceae), a species-rich genus in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and adjacent regions. Caryologia 63:82-90.
Note:
karyotype formula 22=18m + 4sm
Sun, Y. et al.
2012. Rapid radiation of
Rheum
(Polygonaceae) and parallel evolution of morphological traits. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 63:150-158.
URL:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10557903
Note:
this study recovered a monophyletic genus
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
Swedish
kejsarinnans förkläde –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
shui huang –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Sichuan Sheng
w.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Xizang Zizhiqu
e.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
n.w.
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Sichuan Sheng (w.), Yunnan Sheng (n.w.), Xizang Zizhiqu (e.)]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
potential as ornamental
Barney, D. L. & K. E. Hummer.
2012. Rhubarb: Botany, horticulture, and genetic resources. Hort. Rev. 4:157, 168.
Name
References