Rheum

See also: rheum

Translingual

Rheum palaestinum

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rheum, from Ancient Greek ῥῆον (rhêon, “rhubarb”).

Proper noun

Rheum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Polygonaceae – rhubarbs.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order; Polygonaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Rheum rhaponticum (false rhubarb) - type species; Rheum acuminatum, Rheum alexandrae, Rheum altaicum, Rheum australe, Rheum collinianum, Rheum compactum, Rheum cordatum, Rheum coreanum, Rheum darwazicum, Rheum delavayi, Rheum emodi (Himalayan rhubarb; possibly = Rheum australe), Rheum fedtschenkoi, Rheum forrestii, Rheum glabricaule, Rheum globulosum, Rheum hotaoense, Rheum inopinatum, Rheum korshinskyi, Rheum kialense, Rheum laciniatum, Rheum lhasaense, Rheum likiangense, Rheum lobatum, Rheum lucidum, Rheum macrocarpum, Rheum macropterum, Rheum maculatum, Rheum maximowiczii, Rheum moorcroftianum, Rheum nanum, Rheum nobile, Rheum officinale (medicinal rhubarb), Rheum palaestinum, Rheum palmatum (Chinese rhubarb), Rheum plicatum, Rheum przewalskyi, Rheum pumilum, Rheum racemiferum, Rheum reticulatum, Rheum rhabarbarum (garden rhubarb), Rheum rhizostachyum, Rheum rhomboideum, Rheum ribes, Rheum rupestre, Rheum spiciforme, Rheum subacaule, Rheum sublanceolatum, Rheum tanguticum, Rheum tataricum, Rheum tetragonopus, Rheum tibeticum, Rheum turkestanicum, Rheum uninerve, Rheum webbianum, Rheum wittrockii, Rheum yunnanense (species)

Coordinate terms

• (genus in Rumiceae): Emex (jacks), Oxyria, Rumex (docks and sorrels) - genera

References

• Rheum (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rheum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Rheum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Rheum at USDA Plants database
• Rheum at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Rheum at The Plant List