Rumex patientia

Rumex patientia
Patience Dock
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Rumex
Species: R. patientia
Binomial name
Rumex patientia
L.

Sources: ING,[1] UniProt,[2] ITIS,[3] IPNI[4]

Rumex patientia, known as patience dock,[5] "garden patience", "herb patience", or "monk's rhubarb", is a herbaceous perennial plant species of the genus Rumex, belonging to the family Polygonaceae. In spring it is often consumed as a leaf vegetable in Southern Europe, especially in Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia and Serbia. It is also used in Romania in spring broths.

References

  1. "Rumex". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 2006-02-20. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
  2. UniProt. "Species Rumex patientia". Retrieved 2008-07-02.
  3. "Rumex patientia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
  4. International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
  5. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

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