Rumex acetosa

Rumex acetosa, Kraichbach, Hockenheim, Germany

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Polygonaceae
Subfamilia: Polygonoideae
Tribus: Rumiceae
Genus: Rumex
Species: Rumex acetosa
Subspecies: R. a. subsp. acetosa – R. a. subsp. biformis – R. a. subsp. hibernicus – R. a. subsp. islandicus – R. a. subsp. vinealis

Varietates: R. a. var. fontanopaludosa – R. a. var. hydrophila – R. a. var. serpenticola

Name

Rumex acetosa L. Sp. Pl. 1: 337 (1753), nom. cons.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Acetosa pratensis Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768), nom. nov.
  • Lapathum acetosa (L.) Scop., Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 260 (1771).
  • Rumex acidus Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 258 (1796), nom. superfl.
  • Rumex acetosa var. pratensis (Mill.) Wallr., Sched. Crit.: 182 (1822), nom. inval.
  • Rumex acetosa subsp. pratensis (Mill.) Blytt & O.C.Dahl, Haandb. Norges Fl.: 285 (1903), nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Svalbard (introduced), Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Morocco. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia. Regional: Russian Far East Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye. Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran. Regional: China China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang. Regional: Mongolia Mongolia. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Subarctic America Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Regional: Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Regional: Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Oregon. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Minnesota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont. Continental: Southern America (introduced) Regional: Caribbean Haiti. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Chile South. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 337. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Rumex acetosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 17. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Rumex acetosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Aug 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Rumex acetosa. Published online. Accessed: 17 Aug 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Rumex acetosa. Accessed: 17 Aug 2023.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Rumex acetosa in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 17.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rumex acetosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Veldsuring
العربية: حماض بستاني
azərbaycanca: Adi əvəlik
Boarisch: Saueråmpfer
žemaitėška: Rūgštīnė
башҡортса: Ҡуҙғалаҡ
български: Киселец
català: Agrella
kaszëbsczi: Kwasné zelé
čeština: šťovík kyselý
Cymraeg: Suran y cŵn
dansk: Almindelig Syre
Deutsch: Wiesen-Sauer-Ampfer
Zazaki: Amênvaş
Ελληνικά: Λάπαθο
English: Common Sorrel
Esperanto: Okzalo
español: Acedera común
eesti: Hapu oblikas
euskara: Mingarratz handi
فارسی: ترشک درشت
suomi: Niittysuolaheinä
Nordfriisk: Ruad jüd
français: Oseille commune
Gaeilge: Samhadh
galego: Aceda
हिन्दी: खट्टा पालक
hrvatski: Obična kiselica
hornjoserbsce: Kisały zdźer
magyar: mezei sóska
Ido: Oxalo
íslenska: Túnsúra
italiano: Acetosa
日本語: スイバ
ქართული: მჟაუნა
перем коми: Тшӧтшкӧр
한국어: 수영
kurdî: Tirşo
Līvõ kēļ: Appāina
lietuvių: Valgomoji rūgštynė
latviešu: Pļavas skābene
македонски: Киселец
norsk bokmål: Engsyre
Nederlands: Veldzuring
norsk nynorsk: Engsyre
Diné bizaad: Chaatʼíní
ирон: Хуырхæг
polski: szczaw zwyczajny
português: Azeda
română: Măcriș
русский: Щавель кислый
davvisámegiella: Juopmu
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Kiseljak
slovenčina: štiav lúčny
slovenščina: Navadna kislica
српски / srpski: Кисељак
Seeltersk: Suurke
svenska: Ängssyra
тоҷикӣ: Туршак
українська: Щавель кислий
vèneto: Spanavin
vepsän kel’: Sol'hein
Tiếng Việt: Chút chít
中文: 酸模

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