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Taxon:  Rumex acetosella L. subsp. acetosella



Summary
Genus:
Rumex
Family:
Polygonaceae
Subfamily:
Polygonoideae
Tribe:
Rumiceae
Nomen number:
411922
Verified:
09/23/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Rumex acetosella L. (0 active accession[s])
Rumex acetosella L. subsp. acetoselloides (Balansa) Den Nijs (0 active accession[s])
Rumex acetosella L. subsp. multifidus (L.) Schübl. & G. Martens (0 active accession[s])
Rumex acetosella L. subsp. pyrenaicus (Pourr. ex Lapeyr.) Akeroyd (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Rumex acetosella L. var. acetosella

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Acetosella vulgaris Fourr.
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Reference(s)
  1. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
  2. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs Note: = Rumex acetosella
  3. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  4. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. Note: = Rumex acetosella
  5. Nijs, J. C. M. den. 1984. Biosystematic studies of the Rumex acetosella complex. VIII. A taxonomic revision. Feddes Repert. 95:43-66.
  6. Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia. Note: = Rumex acetosella
  7. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  8. Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
  9. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
Common names
English
sheep sorrel –
sorrel –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
Native
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklorefide CRC MedHerbs ed2, as Rumex acetosella; Herbs Commerce ed2, as Rumex acetosellaMcGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weedpotential seed contaminant CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=411922. Accessed 25 April 2025.