Taxon:
Rheum officinale Baill.
Summary
Place of publication:
Adansonia 10:246. 1872
Verified:
03/25/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
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- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
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Common names
English
Chinese rhubarb – Tibetan rhubarb – French
rhubarbe officinale – German
chinesischer Rhabarber – gebräuchlicher Rhabarber – südchinesischer Rhabarber – Portuguese
ruibarbo – Portuguese (Brazil)
ruibarbo-da-China – Spanish
ruibarbo de la China – Swedish
läkerabarber – Transcribed Chinese
yao yong da huang –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian Sheng | possibly |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guizhou Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Henan Sheng | s.w. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hubei Sheng | w. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shaanxi Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Sichuan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Fujian Sheng (possibly), Henan Sheng (s.w.), Hubei Sheng (w.), Guizhou Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Food additives | flavoring | bitter | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 |
Medicines | folklore | | Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2. |
Medicines | folklore | | 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 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Medicines | folklore | | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. |