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Taxon:
Rheum tanguticum
(Maxim. ex Regel) Maxim. ex Balf.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Rheum
Family:
Polygonaceae
Subfamily:
Polygonoideae
Tribe:
Rumiceae
Nomen number:
402688
Place of publication:
Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 13:435. 1878
Comment:
place of publication verified from original literature
Verified:
01/19/2010
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
Basionym
Rheum palmatum
L. var.
tanguticum
Maxim. ex Regel
No images
Reference(s)
American Herbal Products Association.
1992. Herbs of commerce
Chen, F. et al.
2009. Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered and medically important
Rheum tanguticum
(Polygonaceae) revealed by SSR Markers. Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 37:613-621.
Note:
it mentions that three species:
Rheum officinale
,
R. palmatum
, and
R. tanguticum
"are the official sources for medicines"
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Note:
=
Rheum palmatum
var.
tanguticum
Maxim. ex Regel
Fu, Y. C. et al.
1977-. Flora intramongolica.
Note:
lists as
Rheum tanguticum
Maxim. ex Balf.
Galasso, G.
2011. Review of
Polygonaceae
data for
World Economic Plants
, ed. 2. pers. comm.
Grubov, V. I., ed.
1999-. Plants of Central Asia: plant collections from China and Mongolia (English translation of Rasteniia Tsentral'noĭ Azii).
Note:
=
Rheum palmatum
L.
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Note:
=
Rheum palmatum
subsp.
tanguticum
(Maxim. ex Regel) Stapf
Kao, T. C. & C. Y. Cheng.
1975. Synopsis of the Chinese
Rheum
. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 13:73.
URL:
http://www.plantsystematics.com/en/gkll.asp
Note:
lists as
Rheum tanguticum
Maxim. ex Balf.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
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
Note:
=
Rheum palmatum
var.
tanguticum
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=20m + 2sm
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
Wan, D. et al.
2011. Gene duplication and adaptive evolution of the
CHS
-like genes within the genus
Rheum
(Polygonaceae). Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 39:651-659.
Note:
this study obtained a phylogeny supporting the monophyly of the genus, but poor resolution among studied species including
Rheum tanguticum
; this species clustered sister to
R. palmatum
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
Chinese rhubarb –
Reference(s)
Turkey rhubarb –
Reference(s)
French
rhubarbe de Chine –
Reference(s)
German
Kronrhabarber –
Reference(s)
tangutischer Rhabarber –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
da huang –
Reference(s)
ji zhua da huang –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Gansu Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Qinghai Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Shaanxi Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Xizang Zizhiqu
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Gansu Sheng, Qinghai Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
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
American Herbal Products Association.
1992. Herbs of commerce
Name
References