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Taxon:
Rheum nobile
Hook. f. & Thomson
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Rheum
Family:
Polygonaceae
Subfamily:
Polygonoideae
Tribe:
Rumiceae
Nomen number:
31116
Place of publication:
Ill. Himal. pl. t. 19. 1855
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
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Reference(s)
Barney, D. L. & K. E. Hummer.
2012. Rhubarb: Botany, horticulture, and genetic resources. Hort. Rev. 4:158, 163, 168.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Hara, H. et al.
1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
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=16m + 6sm
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, with five clades of unresolved affinities; clade "B" was distant from clade "A" that included those species probably involved in the origin of rhubarb;
Rheum nobile
was included in clade "B"
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
Transcribed Chinese
ta huang –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Xizang Zizhiqu
s.
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Sikkim
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
n.?
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Xizang Zizhiqu (s.)]
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
,
India
[Sikkim],
Nepal
INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar
(n.?)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Barney, D. L. & K. E. Hummer.
2012. Rhubarb: Botany, horticulture, and genetic resources. Hort. Rev. 4:158, 163, 168.
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References