Rumex patientia
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| Rumex patientia | |
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| 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. |
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Patience Dock (Rumex patientia), also known as "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 Eastern Europe, especially in Bulgaria and Serbia. It is also used in Romania in spring broths.
[edit] References
- ^ "Rumex". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 2006-02-20. http://botany.si.edu/ing/INGsearch.cfm?searchword=Rumex. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ UniProt. "Species Rumex patientia" (HTML). http://beta.uniprot.org/taxonomy/137229. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
- ^ "Rumex patientia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=20970. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
- ^ International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=697388-1. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
[edit] External links
Media related to Rumex patientia at Wikimedia Commons
- Linnæi, Caroli (1753). "Trigynia". Species Plantarum, Exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas, ad Genera Relatas, cum Differenentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus, Secundum System Sexuale Digestas. http://www.botanicus.org/page/358352. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
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