Rheum officinale

Rheum officinale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Rheum
Species:
R. officinale
Binomial name
Rheum officinale

Rheum officinale, the Chinese rhubarb,[3][4] or Indian rhubarb[4] is a rhubarb from the family Polygonaceae native to China.[5] In Chinese it is called yào yòng dà huáng (Chinese: 药用大黄), literally meaning medicinal rhubarb.[5]

  1. ^ "Rheum officinale Baill". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "Rheum officinale Baill". World Flora Online. World Flora Online Consortium. n.d. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Rheum officinale". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  4. ^ a b Eisenreich, Dan (1996–2010). "Rhubarb Botanical Information". The Rhubarb Compendium. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Rheum officinale Baillon, Adansonia. 10: 246. 1871", Flora of China online, vol. 5, 2004, retrieved 7 July 2015

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