Rumex Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
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The docks and sorrels, genus Rumex, are a genus of about 200 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae.
Members of this family are very common perennial herbs and occur mainly in the Northern hemisphere, but are introduced almost everywhere.
Many are nuisance weeds, but some (notably the Common Sorrel, Rumex acetosa) have edible leaves, used in salads.
These are erect plants with a long tap root. The leaves form a basal rosette at the root. The basal leaves may be different from those near the inflorescence. They may or may not have stipules. There are minor leaf veins. The leaf blade margins are entire or crenate.
The inconspicuous flowers are carried above the leaves in whorl-like clusters. The fertile flowers are mostly hermaphrodite, or they can be functionally male or female.
These plants have many uses. Broad-leaved Dock (Rumex obtusifolius) used to be called Butter Dock, because its large leaves have been used for wrapping up and conserve butter. Most of them contain oxalic acid and tannin. They have astringent and slightly purgative qualities.
Species
- Rumex acetosa : Common Sorrel, Garden Sorrel
- Rumex acetosa ssp. ambiguus : Garden Sorrel
- Rumex acetosa ssp. arifolius : Garden Sorrel
- Rumex acetosa ssp. lapponicus : Garden Sorrel
- Rumex acetosella : Sheep's Sorrel, Common Sheep Sorrel, Field Sorrel, Red Sorrel
- Rumex acetosella ssp. pyrenaicus : Round-seeded Sheep's Sorrel
- Rumex X acutus : Acute Dock
- Rumex albescens : Oahu Dock
- Rumex X alexidis : Alex's Dock
- Rumex alpinus : Monk's rhubarb
- Rumex altissimus : Pale Dock, smooth Dock
- Rumex aquaticus : Western Dock
- Rumex arcticus : Arctic Dock
- Rumex beringensis : Bering Sea Dock
- Rumex brownei : Browne's Dock
- Rumex brownii : Swamp Dock
- Rumex bucephalophorus : Red Dock
- Rumex chrysocarpus : Amamastla
- Rumex confertus : Asiatic Dock
- Rumex X confusus : Confused Dock
- Rumex conglomeratus : Clustered Dock, Sharp Dock
- Rumex costaricensis
- Rumex crispus : Curled Dock, Curly Dock, Narrowleaf Dock, Sour Dock, Yellow Dock, Garden Patience, Narrow Dock
- Rumex cristatus : Greek Dock
- Rumex crystallinus : Shiny Dock
- Rumex densiflorus : Dense-flower Dock, Denseflowered Dock
- Rumex dentatus : Toothed Dock
- Rumex X dissimilis : Dock
- Rumex drummondii
- Rumex dumosus : Wiry Dock
- Rumex dumosus var. dumosus
- Rumex X franktonis : Frankton Dock
- Rumex frutescens : Wedgeleaf Dock
- Rumex giganteus : Pawale
- Rumex graminifolius : Grassleaf Sorrel
- Rumex hastatulus : Heartwing Dock, Heartwing Sorrel
- Rumex hydrolapathum : Great Water Dock
- Rumex hymenosepalus : Canaigre, Canaigre Dock
- Rumex X johannis-moorei
- Rumex kerneri : Kerner's Dock
- Rumex krausei : Krause's Sorrel
- Rumex lapponicus
- Rumex longifolius : Door-yard Dock, Dooryard Dock
- Rumex maritimus : Golden Dock, Bristle Dock
- Rumex muretii
- Rumex nematopodus : Arizona Dock
- Rumex nepalensis
- Rumex obovatus : Tropical Dock
- Rumex obtusifolius : Broad-leaved Dock, Bitter Dock, Bluntleaf Dock
- Rumex obtusifolius ssp. obtusifolius
- Rumex orbiculatus : Greater water Dock
- Rumex orthoneurus : Chiricahua Mountain Dock
- Rumex pallidus : Seaside Dock
- Rumex paraguayensis : Paraguayan Dock
- Rumex patientia : Patience Dock
- Rumex paucifolius : Alpine Sheep Sorrel, Fewleaved Dock, Meadow Dock
- Rumex X pratensis
- Rumex pseudonatronatus : Field Dock
- Rumex X pseudopulcher
- Rumex pseudoxyria
- Rumex pulcher : Fiddle Dock
- Rumex pulcher ssp. divaricatus
- Rumex pulcher ssp. pulcher
- Rumex pulcher ssp. woodsii
- Rumex rugosus : Wrinkled Dock
- Rumex sagittatus : Rambling Dock
- Rumex salicifolius : Willow Dock
- Rumex salicifolius var. oreolapathum : Willow Dock
- Rumex sanguineus : Wood Dock, Redvein Dock
- Rumex X schultzei
- Rumex scutatus : French Sorrel, Leaf-shield Sorrel
- Rumex sibiricus : Siberian Dock
- Rumex skottsbergii : Lava Dock
- Rumex spiralis : Winged Dock
- Rumex stenophyllus : Narrow-leaf Dock, Narrowleaf Dock
- Rumex subalpinus : Subalpine Dock
- Rumex tenax
- Rumex tenuifolius
- Rumex tomentellus : Willow Creek Dock
- Rumex triangularis
- Rumex venosus : Veiny Dock
- Rumex verticillatus : Swamp Dock
- Rumex vesicarius: Bladderdock
- Rumex violascens : Violet Dock
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