''Rumex abyssinicus'' is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
in the family
Polygonaceae
The Polygonaceae are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants known Common name, informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States. The Botanical name, name is Basionym, based on the genus ''Polygonum'', ...
, native to tropical Africa, including Madagascar.
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Taxonomy
''Rumex abyssinicus'' was first described by Nikolaus von Jacquin in 1777.[ ''R. arifolius'' L.f. is a synonym of this species. (''R. arifolius'' All. is a different species, regarded as either a synonym of '' R. hispanicus'',][ or of '' R. alpestris''.][)
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abyssinicus
Flora of Africa
Plants described in 1777
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