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|accepted_name=Rumex kerneri
|accepted_authority=Borbás
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Comit. Temesiensis,
|place=60. 1884
|year=1884
}}
|common_names=Kerner’s dock
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Rumex confertoides
|authority=Bihari
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Rumex cristatus subsp. kerneri
|authority=(Borbás) Akeroyd & D. A. Webb
}}
|hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae;Rumex;Rumex subg. Rumex;Rumex sect. Rumex;Rumex kerneri
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Rumex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Rumex subg. Rumex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Rumex sect. Rumex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Rumex kerneri]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 495
|treatment_page=page 521
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, distinctly papillose especially or almost exclusively on veins of leaf blades abaxially, with fusiform, vertical rootstock. <b>Stems</b> erect, branched from above middle or in distal 2/3, 50–100(–150) cm. <b>Leaves</b>: ocrea deciduous or partially persistent at maturity; blade broadly lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, normally 15–25 × 5–9 cm, base truncate or slightly cordate, margins entire, undulate or weakly crisped, occasionally flat, apex acute or attenuate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, occupying distal 1/2–2/3 of stem, normally dense or interrupted near base, broadly paniculate (branches mostly simple or nearly so), branches usually straight or arcuate, rarely indistinctly flexuous. <b>Pedicels</b> articulated near middle, filiform, 6–12 mm, articulation distinctly swollen. <b>Flowers</b> 15–20 in whorls; inner tepals orbiculate, 6–8(–9) × 6–7.5(–8) mm, base usually distinctly cordate, margins entire or subentire near apex, denticulate or dentate near base, apex acute or subacute, teeth to 0.5 mm; tubercle normally 1 (rarely 3, then distinctly unequal), less than 2 times as wide as inner tepals. <b>Achenes</b> dark brown or brown, 2.5–3.3 × 1.8–2.3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 80.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Ruderal habitats: roadsides, waste places
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Calif.;se Europe.
|discussion=<p>Rumex kerneri is known in North America only from California, where it occurs mostly in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. It is closely related to and has been regarded as a subspecies of R. cristatus.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Rumex kerneri
|author=
|authority=Borbás
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Rumex confertoides;Rumex cristatus subsp. kerneri
|basionyms=
|family=Polygonaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Ruderal habitats: roadsides, waste places
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Calif.;se Europe.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Comit. Temesiensis,
|publication year=1884
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_1069.xml
|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
|genus=Rumex
|subgenus=Rumex subg. Rumex
|section=Rumex sect. Rumex
|species=Rumex kerneri
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