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Rheum tibeticum (Rheum tibeticum)

Description

“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: leaves Rheum tibeticum is an abrasive plant species described by Carl Maximowicz and Joseph Dalton Hooker . Rheum tibeticum is part of the genus rhubarb genus , and the family of abrasive plants . 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 perianth, composed of six tepals.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Polygonaceae

              • Genus: Rheum