Rumex

Rumex
	Patience dock; (Rumex patientia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Subfamily:	Polygonoideae
Genus:	Rumex; L. 1753
Type species
	Rumex patientia; L.
Species
	About 200, see text
Synonyms
	Acetosa Tourn. ex Mill. ; Acetosella (Meisn.) Fourr. ; Analiton Raf. ; Atecosa Raf. ; Bucephalophora Pau ; Centopodium Burch. ; Emex Neck. ex Campd. ; Eutralia Raf. ; Lapathon Raf. ; Lapathum Mill. ; Menophyla Raf. ; Nemolapathum Ehrh. ; Oxylapathon St.-Lag. ; Rhodoptera Raf. ; Steinmannia Opiz ; Tomaris Raf. ; Vibo Medik. ; Vibones Raf. ;

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 genus are very common perennial herbs with a native almost worldwide distribution, and introduced species growing in the few places where the genus is not native.^[1]

Some are nuisance weeds (and are sometimes called dockweed or dock weed), but some are grown for their edible leaves.^[2] Rumex species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species, and are the only host plants of Lycaena rubidus.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference POWO_328551-2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Martin, Alexander C. (1972). Weeds. New York: Golden Press. p. 38. ISBN 0-307-24353-2.
^ Warren, Andres; Harrera, Alfonso (15 March 2005). "Butterflies of Oregon Their Taxonomy, Distribution, and Biology" (PDF). Lepidoptera of North America. 6.

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[2] Martin, Alexander C. (1972). Weeds. New York: Golden Press. p. 38. ISBN 0-307-24353-2.

[3] Warren, Andres; Harrera, Alfonso (15 March 2005). "Butterflies of Oregon Their Taxonomy, Distribution, and Biology" (PDF). Lepidoptera of North America. 6.

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Rumex

Patience dock (Rumex patientia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Subfamily:	Polygonoideae
Genus:	Rumex L. 1753
Type species
Rumex patientia L.
Species
About 200, see text
Synonyms^[1]
Acetosa Tourn. ex Mill. Acetosella (Meisn.) Fourr. Analiton Raf. Atecosa Raf. Bucephalophora Pau Centopodium Burch. Emex Neck. ex Campd. Eutralia Raf. Lapathon Raf. Lapathum Mill. Menophyla Raf. Nemolapathum Ehrh. Oxylapathon St.-Lag. Rhodoptera Raf. Steinmannia Opiz Tomaris Raf. Vibo Medik. Vibones Raf.