Rumex acetosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Polygonaceae
Subfamilia: Polygonoideae
Tribus: Rumiceae
Genus: Rumex
Species: Rumex acetosa
Subspecies: R. a. subsp. acetosa – R. a. subsp. biformis – R. a. subsp. hibernicus – R. a. subsp. islandicus – R. a. subsp. vinealis

Varietates: R. a. var. fontanopaludosa – R. a. var. hydrophila – R. a. var. serpenticola

Name

Rumex acetosa L. Sp. Pl. 1: 337 (1753), nom. cons.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Acetosa pratensis Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768), nom. nov.
- Lapathum acetosa (L.) Scop., Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 260 (1771).
- Rumex acidus Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 258 (1796), nom. superfl.
- Rumex acetosa var. pratensis (Mill.) Wallr., Sched. Crit.: 182 (1822), nom. inval.
- Rumex acetosa subsp. pratensis (Mill.) Blytt & O.C.Dahl, Haandb. Norges Fl.: 285 (1903), nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Svalbard (introduced), Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Morocco.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Iran.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang.
- Regional: Mongolia
  - Mongolia.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
- Regional: Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Oregon.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Minnesota, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont.
Continental: Southern America (introduced)
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Haiti.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Chile South.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 337. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Rumex acetosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 17. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Rumex acetosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Aug 2023.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Rumex acetosa. Published online. Accessed: 17 Aug 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Rumex acetosa. Accessed: 17 Aug 2023.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Rumex acetosa in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 17.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rumex acetosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Veldsuring
العربية: حماض بستاني
azərbaycanca: Adi əvəlik
Boarisch: Saueråmpfer
žemaitėška: Rūgštīnė
башҡортса: Ҡуҙғалаҡ
български: Киселец
català: Agrella
kaszëbsczi: Kwasné zelé
čeština: šťovík kyselý
Cymraeg: Suran y cŵn
dansk: Almindelig Syre
Deutsch: Wiesen-Sauer-Ampfer
Zazaki: Amênvaş
Ελληνικά: Λάπαθο
English: Common Sorrel
Esperanto: Okzalo
español: Acedera común
eesti: Hapu oblikas
euskara: Mingarratz handi
فارسی: ترشک درشت
suomi: Niittysuolaheinä
Nordfriisk: Ruad jüd
français: Oseille commune
Gaeilge: Samhadh
galego: Aceda
हिन्दी: खट्टा पालक
hrvatski: Obična kiselica
hornjoserbsce: Kisały zdźer
magyar: mezei sóska
Ido: Oxalo
íslenska: Túnsúra
italiano: Acetosa
日本語: スイバ
ქართული: მჟაუნა
перем коми: Тшӧтшкӧр
한국어: 수영
kurdî: Tirşo
Līvõ kēļ: Appāina
lietuvių: Valgomoji rūgštynė
latviešu: Pļavas skābene
македонски: Киселец
norsk bokmål: Engsyre
Nederlands: Veldzuring
norsk nynorsk: Engsyre
Diné bizaad: Chaatʼíní
ирон: Хуырхæг
polski: szczaw zwyczajny
português: Azeda
română: Măcriș
русский: Щавель кислый
davvisámegiella: Juopmu
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Kiseljak
slovenčina: štiav lúčny
slovenščina: Navadna kislica
српски / srpski: Кисељак
Seeltersk: Suurke
svenska: Ängssyra
тоҷикӣ: Туршак
українська: Щавель кислий
vèneto: Spanavin
vepsän kel’: Sol'hein
Tiếng Việt: Chút chít
中文: 酸模

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