Emex

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: Emex
Species: E. australis – E. spinosa

Name

Emex Neck. ex Campd., Monogr. Rumex 55 (-56) (1819), nom. cons.

Note: This is now treated as a synonym of Rumex by Schuster et al., (2015) and the necessary changes have been made. However, this is not fully accepted by all authorities.

References

• Schuster, T.M., Reveal, J.L., Bayly, M.J. & Kron, K.A. 2015. An updated molecular phylogeny of Polygonoideae (Polygonaceae): Relationships of Oxygonum, Pteroxygonum, and Rumex, and a new circumscription of Koenigia. Taxon 64(6): 1188–1208. DOI: 10.12705/646.5 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Emex in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

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