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acetosella

Taxon

Rumex acetosella L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 338. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Rumex acetosella--ID. Idaho Co. Salmon R. Polly Bemis Ranch. 9 May 04. 048.jpg

Rumex acetosella--ID. Idaho Co. Salmon R. Polly Bemis Ranch. 9 May 04. 048.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rumex acetosella--ID. Idaho Co. Salmon R. Polly Bemis Ranch. 9 May 04. 047.jpg

Rumex acetosella--ID. Idaho Co. Salmon R. Polly Bemis Ranch. 9 May 04. 047.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rumex acetosella--ID. Idaho Co. Salmon R. Polly Bemis Ranch. 9 May 04. 046.jpg

Rumex acetosella--ID. Idaho Co. Salmon R. Polly Bemis Ranch. 9 May 04. 046.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rumex acetosella--ID. Idaho Co. Salmon R. Polly Bemis Ranch. 9 May 04. 045.jpg

Rumex acetosella--ID. Idaho Co. Salmon R. Polly Bemis Ranch. 9 May 04. 045.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rumex acetocella--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 004.jpg

Rumex acetocella--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rumex acetocella--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 006.jpg

Rumex acetocella--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Rumex acetocella--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 005.jpg

Rumex acetocella--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 81 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, and Northern America; introduced into 113 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, Southern America, and Other regions (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 9, 2004

Location

United States, Idaho, Idaho (McCall)

45.244, -115.588639

Location Remarks

1.9 km N of Warren Summit on FSR 340, at Mayflower Creek Bridge. Elev. 1904 m.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

May 30, 2003

Location

France, Île-de-France (Paris, 5th arrondissement)

48.84458, 2.36086

Location Remarks

Place Valhubert, along Quai St-Bernard, 5th arrondissement

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Polygonaceae

Genus

Rumex

Specific Epithet

acetosella

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.8

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#209,833 of 335,497

Top 63%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →