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Rumex bequaertii

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Name

Identification
Rumex camptodon Rech.f. [family POLYGONACEAE ] Verified by Rechinger, K.H., Rumex bequaertii De Wild. [family POLYGONACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Rumex nepalensis
  • Rumex camptodon
  • Rumex bequaertii

Flora

Entry for RUMEX nepalensis Spreng. [family POLYGONACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
RUMEX nepalensis Spreng. [family POLYGONACEAE], (1825).
RUMEX steudelii Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family POLYGONACEAE], (1850).
RUMEX bequaertii De Wild. [family POLYGONACEAE], (1929).
Information
Perennial herb, up to 1.5 m tall, glabrous or almost so. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, blade up to c. 30 x 6 cm, acute to obtuse at the apex, cuneate to cordate at the base; petiole short. Flowers in clusters arranged in an open panicle with long branches. Inner tepals c. 5 mm long in fruit, usually with tubercles, with hooked teeth at the margin. Nut c. 3.5 mm long.
Range
N2 widespread in Africa, also Arabia, and from the Balkan peninsula in the west to southern China in the east.
Altitude range
2000–2500 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Bally 11257; Collenette 365.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia

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