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Taxon:
Rheum acuminatum
Hook. f. & Thomson
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Rheum
Family:
Polygonaceae
Subfamily:
Polygonoideae
Tribe:
Rumiceae
Nomen number:
31100
Place of publication:
W. J. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 81: t. 4877. 1855
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/467913
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)
Barney, D.L. & K. E. Hummer.
2012. Rhubarb: Botany, horticulture, and genetic resources. Hort. Rev. 40:147-182.
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.
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):74.
URL:
http://www.plantsystematics.com/en/gkll.asp
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rokaya, M. B. et al.
2012. Active constituents in
Rheum acuminatum
and
Rheum australe
(Polygonaceae) roots: A variation between cultivated and naturally growing plants. Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 41:83-90.
Schuster, T. M. et al.
2015. An updated molecular phylogeny of Polygonoideae (Polygonaceae): Relationships of
Oxygonum
,
Pteroxygonum
, and
Rumex
, and a new circumsciption of
Koenigia
. Taxon 64:1188-1208.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
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
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
English
Himalayan rhubarb –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
xin ye da huang –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Gansu Sheng
s.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Sichuan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Xizang Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Assam
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
[Gansu Sheng (s.), Sichuan Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
,
India
[Sikkim, Assam],
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. 40:147-182.
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.
Name
References