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Rheum rhabarbarum

Rhubarb

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GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.961292

Element CodePDPGN0N030

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderPolygonales

FamilyPolygonaceae

GenusRheum

Synonyms

Rheum rhaponticumL.

Other Common Names

Garden Rhubarb (EN) Rhubarbe (FR)

Concept Reference

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2005. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 5. Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae: Caryophyllales, Polygonales, and Plumbaginales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. vii + 656 pp.

Taxonomic Comments

FNA (vol. 5, 2005) here expands the concept of Rheum rhabarbarum by including R. rhaponticum, while Kartesz (1994) treats them as distinct.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Indiana	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
Colorado	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Mississippi	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Alaska	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Alberta	SNA	No
Northwest Territories	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
British Columbia	SNA	No
Labrador	SNA	No
Yukon Territory	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Manitoba	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No
Saskatchewan	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

Montana (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cabin Creek Wildlife Management Area Ocd	Gallatin National Forest	35,048
Lionhead	Gallatin National Forest	33,549

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2005. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 5. Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae: Caryophyllales, Polygonales, and Plumbaginales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. vii + 656 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.