Rheum laciniatum Prain

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Rheum

Characteristics

Herbs large, ca. 1 m tall. Petiole of basal leaf subterete, shorter than to about as long as blade, shortly strigose; leaf blade large, subovate, 25-36 × 20-24 cm, palmately divided into pinnatisect lobes, all lobes lanceolate or nearly linear, apex acute; ocrea ca. 7 cm, abaxially muricate. Stem leaves smaller. Panicle triangular, large. Pedicel 1.5-2 mm, jointed at base. Tepals yellow-white or green-white, obovate-elliptic or broadly elliptic; inner 3 larger, ca. 2.5 mm, margin irregular. Flower disk irregularly circular, fleshy. Ovary subovoid; stigma irregularly inflated. Fruit unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Environment

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Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
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Distribution

Rheum laciniatum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:696748-1
WFO ID wfo-0001219326
COL ID 78TJR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rheum laciniatum