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10. Rumex L.

Sp. Pl. 1: 333. 1753; D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal: 74. 1825; Meisn. in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 53. 1832; Meisn. in DC., Prodr. 14(1): 41. 1856; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 58. 1886; Courchet, Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 5: 16. 1910; Merr., Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 2: 121. 1923; Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 1: 219. 1963; Grierson & D.G.Long, Fl. Bhutan 1(1): 173. 1983; Philcox in Dassan. & Clayton, Revis. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 11: 390. 1997; A.J.Li et al. in C.Y. Wu et al., Fl. China 5: 333. 2003; N.T.Do in Bân, Fl. Vietnam 11: 216. 2007.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Herbs. Leaves spiral. Ocrea an oblique sheath. Inflorescences racemose or paniculate, bisexual. Flowers without an ocreola. Tepals 6, in two series, persistent in fruit. Stamens 6, filament bases not united to tepals. Ovary trigonous. Fruits ovate with wings.

About 200 species distributed worldwide with the highest species diversity in temperate regions; 1 species in Thailand.