Rheum rhomboideum (Rheum rhomboideum)
Description
“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: leaves Rheum rhomboideum is a species of flowering plant in the Lettuce family . This species is Losinsk. first scientific description in 1937. Rheum species are herbaceous perennials growing from fleshy roots. They have upright growing stems and mostly basal, deciduous leaves growing from short, thick rhizomes. They have persistent or deciduous ocrea. The inflorescences are terminal and panicle-like with pedicels. The hermaphrodite flowers consist of a whitish green to pinkish green, hairless and campanulate (bell-shaped) perianth, composed of six tepals.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Polygonaceae
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Genus: Rheum
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