Rumex hypogaeus

Rumex hypogaeus

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 hypogaeus

Name

Rumex hypogaeus T.M.Schust. & Reveal, Taxon 64(6): 1203 (2015).

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Emex australis Steinh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 2, 9: 195, t. 7 (1838)
• Homotypic
  • Vibo australis (Steinh.) Greene, Man. Bot. San Francisco: 44 (1894).
  • Emex centropodium Meisn., Linnaea 14: 490 (1840), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Rumex spinosus Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 67 (1794), sensu auct. non Rumex spinosus L., Sp. Pl.: 337. (1753)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania. Regional: South Tropical Africa Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean St.Helena. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Arabian Peninsula Yemen. Regional: Eastern Asia Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India, Pakistan. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia. Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii. Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schuster, T.M., Reveal, J.L., Bayly, M.J. & Kron, K.A. 2015. An updated molecular phylogeny of Polygonoideae (Polygonaceae): Relationships of Oxygonum, Pteroxygonum, and Rumex, and a new circumscription of Koenigia. Taxon 64(6): 1188–1208. DOI: 10.12705/646.5 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Rumex hypogaeus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan. 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Rumex hypogaeus. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 18 2017.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Kaapse dubbeltjie
English: Doublegee or Three-cornered jack