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Rumex acetosella L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Sp. Pl.: 338 (1753)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Caryophyllales
family
Polygonaceae
genus
Rumex
species
Rumex acetosella

Name

Synonyms
? vulgaris Fourr.
Acetosella multifida subsp. pyrenaica (Pourr. ex Lapeyr.) Á.Löve, 1983
Acetosella tenuifolia (Wallr.) A.Léve
Pauladolphia acetosella (L.) Börner
Rumex acetosella f. acetosella
Rumex acetosella var. procurrens Cordem.
Rumex acetosella var. pyrenaicus (Pourr. ex Lapeyr.) Heynh.
Rumex acetosella var. pyrenaicus (Pourr. ex Lapeyr.) Timb.-Lagr.
Rumex acetosella var. vulgaris Cordem.
Rumex multifidus subsp. vulgaris (Fourr.) Kubát, 1986
Rumex tenuifolius (Wallr.) A.Léve
Homonyms
Rumex acetosella L.
Rumex acetosella Holl ex Meisn.
Rumex acetosella Holl
Common names
Common Sheep Sorrel in English
Common Sheep Sorrel in English
Common sheep sorrel in English
Common sheep sorrel in English
Common sheep sorrel in English
Dail Surion Bach in Welsh
Drigon in Welsh
Dringol in Welsh
Field Dock, Sheep-sorrel, Red-sorrel in English
Field Dock, Sheep-sorrel, Red-sorrel in English
Field Sorrel in English
Field Sorrel in English
Field dock, Sheep-sorrel, Red-sorrel in English
Kleiner Sauer-Ampfer in German
Kleiner Sauer-Ampfer in German
Kleiner Sauer-Ampfer in German
Kleiner Sauerampfer in German
Kleiner Sauerampfer in German
Kleiner Sauerampfer in German
Kleiner Sauerampfer in German
Kleiner Sauerampfer in German
Kleiner Sauerampfer in German
Kleiner Sauerampfer in German
Patience petite-oseille, Oseille sauvage, Petite oseille in French
Patience petite-oseille, Petite oseille, Oseille des brebis, Surelle in French
Petite oseille in French
Red Sorrel in English
Red Sorrel in English
Romice acetosella in Italian
Romice acetosella in Italian
Rumex petite oseille in French
Rumex petite oseille in French
Rumex petite oseille in French
Rumex petite oseille in French
Rómice acetosella in Italian
Rødknæ in Danish
Rødknæ in Danish
Rødknæ in Danish
Rødknæ in Danish
Schapenzuring in Dutch
Sheep Sorrel in English
Sheep Sorrel in English
Sheep's Sorrel in English
Sheep's Sorrel in English
Sheep's Sorrel in English
Sheep's Sorrel in English
Sheep's Sorrel agg. in English
Sorrel in English
Sorrel in English
Suran Culddail in Welsh

Bibliographic References

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  2. Böcher, T.W., Holmen, K. & Jakobsen, K. (1978). P. Haase & Søns Forlag, Copenhagen, Denmark ISBN 87-559-0385-1
  3. Colling G., Helminger T., Krippel Y., Schneider S. & Daco L. 2025. - Red List of the Vascular Plants of Luxembourg. Ferrantia 93, Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg, 65 pp http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q136766546
  4. Jørgensen PM, Weidemann E, Fremstad E. (2016). Flora Norvegica av JE Gunnerus. På norsk og med kommentarer. ISBN 978-82-8322-077-3. Page: 273. ISBN 978-82-8322-077-3
  5. Karlsson (1998) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter (The vascular plants of Sweden - a checklist)
  6. Mirek Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa H., Zając A., Zając A., Zając M.. 2020. Vascular plants of Poland. An annotated checklist. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków
  7. The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).
  8. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database (2021eej), https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=RUAC3
  9. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database (2021eej), https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=RUAC3
  10. Van der Meijden, R. (2005)
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