Rumex spinosus

Rumex spinosus

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 spinosus

Name

Rumex spinosus L. Sp. Pl. 1: 337 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Emex spinosa (L.) Campd. Monogr. Rumex 58, t. 1, f. 1 (1819).
  • Centopodium spinosum (L.) Burch., Trav. S. Africa 1: 340 (1822).
  • Vibo spinosa (L.) Medik., Philos. Bot. 1: 178 (1789).
• Heterotypic
  • Rumex glaber Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 75 (1775).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse (extinct), Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara. Regional: Macaronesia Azores (introduced), Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, Selvagens. Regional: West Tropical Africa Mali, Mauritania, Niger. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya (introduced). Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean Ascension (introduced). Regional: Western Indian Ocean Mauritius (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced) Regional: Indian Subcontinent India, Pakistan. Continental: Australasia (introduced) Regional: Australia New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia. Continental: Pacific (introduced) Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Massachusetts, New Jersey. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Continental: Southern America (introduced) Regional: Western South America Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Chile Central, Uruguay. 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. 

Additional 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 spinosus 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. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Rumex spinosus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan. 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Rumex spinosus. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 18 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Lesser Jack