Rheum tanguticum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Regnum: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Regnum: Viridiplantae Cladus: Streptophyta Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta Cladus: Embryophyta Cladus: Polysporangiophyta Divisio: Tracheophyta Cladus: Eutracheophyta Cladus: Euphyllophytina Cladus: Megaphylla Cladus: Radiatopses Cladus: Lignophyta Cladus: Metalignophyta Diviso: Spermatophyta Classis*: Angiospermae Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Rheum tanguticum (Maxim. ex Regel) Balf. in Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 13: cxlvi (1879)

Homotypic
- Rheum palmatum subsp. tanguticum (Maxim. ex Regel) Stapf in Bot. Mag. 153: t. 9200 (1930)
- Rheum palmatum var. tanguticum Maxim. ex Regel in Gartenflora 23: 305 (1874)

Native distribution areas:
Continentalː Asia-temperate Regionalː China China North-Central, Qinghai, Tibet Introduced into: Austria References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) 2003. Flora of China. Volume 5: Ulmaceae through Basellaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 1-930723-27-X. Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Rheum tanguticum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 July 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2026. Rheum tanguticum. Published online. Accessed: July 17 2026. Reference page.