Plants developing basal rosette of leaves (sometimes, especially in annual species, not persistent at maturity); rootstock usually vertical (in some species creeping). Stems mostly erect, solitary or several from base, not branching below terminal paniculate inflorescence, without axillary shoots. Leaf blades variable in shape, base cordate to narrowly cuneate. Inner tepals with margins entire or variously dentate.

Distribution

Nearly worldwide.

Discussion

Species ca. 110 (33 in the flora).

Selected References

Dawson, J. E. 1979. A Biosystematic Study of Rumex Section Rumex in Canada and the United States. Ph.D. thesis. Carleton University.

Lower Taxa

Rumex alpinus, Rumex arcticus, Rumex britannica, Rumex brownii, Rumex confertus, Rumex conglomeratus, Rumex crispus, Rumex cristatus, Rumex densiflorus, Rumex dentatus, Rumex fueginus, Rumex hymenosepalus, Rumex kerneri, Rumex longifolius, Rumex maritimus, Rumex nematopodus, Rumex obovatus, Rumex obtusifolius, Rumex occidentalis, Rumex orthoneurus, Rumex palustris, Rumex paraguayensis, Rumex patientia, Rumex persicarioides, Rumex praecox, Rumex pseudonatronatus, Rumex pulcher, Rumex pycnanthus, Rumex sanguineus, Rumex stenophyllus, Rumex tomentellus, Rumex violascens