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Rheum rhabarbarum

Rheum rhabarbarum L.

garden rhubarb, pie-plant, rhubarb

Synonym(s): Rheum rhaponticum

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: RHRH2
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Rheum rhabarbarum
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2020-01-01

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: RHEUM
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Rheum
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Rhubarb
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 30-60 species, perennial herbs, of temperate and subtropical Asia and Europe.
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GENUS REFERENCES: Freeman in FNA (2005); Brandbyge in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: POLYGO
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Polygonaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Smartweed Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 43-48 genera and 1100-1200 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs, cosmopolitan, but especially north temperate. Recent changes in the circumscription of various genera (including Polygonum, Persicaria, Fallopia, etc.) have received strong support from molecular phylogenetic studies (Kim & Donoghue 2008; Lamb Frye & Kron 2003; Schuster, Reveal, & Kron 2011).
FAMILY REFERENCE: Freeman & Reveal in FNA (2005); Horton (1972)=Z; Mitchell & Dean (1978)=Y; Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd (1988); Brandbyge in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Lamb Frye & Kron (2003); Kim & Donoghue 2008).

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DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Herb
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BLOOM TIME: Jun-Sep
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NATIVE RANGE: Mongolia
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GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id acc_num acc_dt coll_id Action
1382 1986-1160 View
7471 2000-0227 2000-05-17 View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num acc_id loc_num pers_num inst_dt Action
10484 7471 84 NCBG staff 2000-05-11 View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: RHRH2
USDA Common Name: Garden Rhubarb
Native Status: L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I)
Distribution: USA (AK, AL, CO, CT, DC, IL, IN, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, UT, VA, VT, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Rheum rhabarbarum
COMMON NAME: Rhubarb, Pie-plant
SYNONYMY: [= K, Pa; = R. rhabarbicum - C, misspelled; = R. rhaponticum - G, misapplied]
PHENOLOGY: Jun-Sep.
HABITAT: Uncommonly cultivated (primarily in gardens in the cooler portions of our area), rarely persistent or escaped; native of Asia (though introduced from Europe).
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RANGE MAP: Rheum rhabarbarum.png

Key to Map Symbols
ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Polygonaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Smartweed Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 43-48 genera and 1100-1200 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs, cosmopolitan, but especially north temperate. Recent changes in the circumscription of various genera (including Polygonum, Persicaria, Fallopia, etc.) have received strong support from molecular phylogenetic studies (Kim & Donoghue 2008; Lamb Frye & Kron 2003; Schuster, Reveal, & Kron 2011).
REFERENCE: Freeman & Reveal in FNA (2005); Horton (1972)=Z; Mitchell & Dean (1978)=Y; Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd (1988); Brandbyge in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Lamb Frye & Kron (2003); Kim & Donoghue 2008).
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Rheum L. (Rhubarb)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 30-60 species, perennial herbs, of temperate and subtropical Asia and Europe.
REFERENCE: Freeman in FNA (2005); Brandbyge in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Rheum rhabarbarum in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Rheum rhabarbarum in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Rheum rhabarbarum in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Rheum rhabarbarum in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Rheum rhabarbarum in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Rheum rhabarbarum

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