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docks and sorrels
Rumex
The docks and sorrels, genus Rumex L., are a genus of about 200 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae. Members of this family are very common perennial herbs with a native almost worldwide distribution, with introduced species growing in the few places where the genus is not native.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Rumex
subgenusRumex
Acetosa
subgenusAcetosa
swamp dock
speciesRumex verticillatus
Emex
subgenusEmex
Greater Water Dock
speciesRumex britannica
Climbing dock
speciesRumex sagittatus
western dock
speciesRumex occidentalis
Canary Island Sorrel
speciesRumex lunaria
winged dock
speciesRumex venosus
golden dock
speciesRumex fueginus
Pacific willow dock
speciesRumex transitorius
Madeira sorrel
speciesRumex maderensis
Heart Dock
speciesRumex cordatus
Marsh Dock
speciesRumex palustris
California Dock
speciesRumex californicus
Thickleaf Willow Dock
speciesRumex crassus
Lapland mountain sorrel
speciesRumex lapponicus
Arrowleaf Dock
speciesRumex hastatus
lava dock
speciesRumex skottsbergii
Usambara Dock
speciesRumex usambarensis
Ukrainian dock
speciesRumex ucranicus
Shore Dock
speciesRumex neglectus
New Zealand Dock
speciesRumex flexuosus
Rumex papillaris
speciesRumex papillaris
Rumex maricola
speciesRumex maricola
Mount Etna Sorrel
speciesRumex aetnensis
mud dock
speciesRumex bidens
Arrowleaf Dock
speciesRumex lativalvis
Rumex tianschanicus
speciesRumex tianschanicus
Amamastla
speciesRumex chrysocarpos
Rumex tolimensis
speciesRumex tolimensis
Rumex dumosus
speciesRumex dumosus
snow dock
speciesRumex nivalis
pacific golden dock
speciesRumex persicarioides
Azorean Dock
speciesRumex azoricus
Ethiopian Dock
speciesRumex abyssinicus
Shore Dock
speciesRumex rupestris
Pāwale
speciesRumex giganteus
Seabeach Dock
speciesRumex pallidus
Rumex occultans
speciesRumex occultans
Garden Sorrel
speciesRumex rugosus
Rumex nervosus
speciesRumex nervosus
Rumex suffruticosus
speciesRumex suffruticosus
Florida dock
speciesRumex floridanus
Rumex densiflorus
speciesRumex densiflorus
Rumex hastifolius
speciesRumex hastifolius
Rumex turcomanicus
speciesRumex turcomanicus
Chiricahua Mountain dock
speciesRumex orthoneurus
Lance-leaf Dock
speciesRumex lanceolatus
Rumex paraguayensis
speciesRumex paraguayensis
Wood's Dock
speciesRumex woodii
Rumex marschallianus
speciesRumex marschallianus
Rumex utahensis
speciesRumex utahensis
Rumex chalepensis
speciesRumex chalepensis
Glistening Dock
speciesRumex crystallinus
Little-fruited Dock
speciesRumex microcarpus
Rumex aeroplaniformis
speciesRumex aeroplaniformis
Argentine Dock
speciesRumex cuneifolius
Rumex angustifolius
speciesRumex angustifolius
lake dock
speciesRumex lacustris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.189
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.71
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.494
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.495
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.180
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Rumex in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53196.