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rhabarbarum

Taxon

Rheum rhabarbarum L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 372. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Rheum rhabarbatum--France. Nancy. Jard. Bot. Montet. 1 May 05. 087.jpg

Rheum rhabarbatum--France. Nancy. Jard. Bot. Montet. 1 May 05. 087.jpg

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Rheum rhabarbatum--France. Nancy. Jard. Bot. Montet. 1 May 05. 095.jpg

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Rheum rhabarbatum--France. Nancy. Jard. Bot. Montet. 1 May 05. 094.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rheum rhabarbatum--France. Nancy. Jard. Bot. Montet. 1 May 05. 086.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rheum rhabarbatum--France. Nancy. Jard. Bot. Montet. 1 May 05. 093.jpg

Rheum rhabarbatum--France. Nancy. Jard. Bot. Montet. 1 May 05. 093.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rheum rhabarbatum--France. Nancy. Jard. Bot. Montet. 1 May 05. 085.jpg

Rheum rhabarbatum--France. Nancy. Jard. Bot. Montet. 1 May 05. 085.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rheum rhabarbatum--France. Nancy. Jard. Bot. Montet. 1 May 05. 088.jpg

Rheum rhabarbatum--France. Nancy. Jard. Bot. Montet. 1 May 05. 088.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rheum rhabarbatum--France. Nancy. Jard. Bot. Montet. 1 May 05. 089.jpg

Rheum rhabarbatum--France. Nancy. Jard. Bot. Montet. 1 May 05. 089.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Rheum rhabarbatum--France. Nancy. Jard. Bot. Montet. 1 May 05. 091.jpg

Rheum rhabarbatum--France. Nancy. Jard. Bot. Montet. 1 May 05. 091.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Manchuria, Mongolia; introduced into 36 botanical countries across Europe, Temperate Asia, and Northern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

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

Occurrences

No collection number

May 1, 2005

Location

France (Le Jardin Botanique du Montet)

Location Remarks

100 rue du Jardin Botanique, Nancy

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Polygonaceae

Genus

Rheum

Specific Epithet

rhabarbarum

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.0

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

0.0

Global rank

#332,696 of 335,497

Top 100%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →