Rumex patientiaL.

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WFO wfo-0000403926 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rumex patientia, photographed by Liubov Ilminska
fig. a Liubov Ilminska, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-29 / obs. 201694016
Rumex patientia, photographed by Liubov Ilminska
fig. b Liubov Ilminska, CC0 1.0 / obs. 199026714
Rumex patientia, photographed by Liubov Ilminska
fig. c Liubov Ilminska, CC0 1.0 / obs. 198924593
Rumex patientia, photographed by Татьяна Горбушина
fig. d Татьяна Горбушина, CC0 1.0 / obs. 131015661
Rumex patientia, photographed by Patrick Hacker
fig. e Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126625329
Rumex patientia, photographed by Ira Gershenhorn
fig. f Ira Gershenhorn, CC0 1.0 / obs. 13861632
Rumex patientia, photographed by rainerburkard
fig. g rainerburkard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 138343789
Rumex patientia, photographed by Юлия
fig. h Юлия, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152918680

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Native range 41 botanical countries

Regions where Rumex patientia is native: Afghanistan, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cyprus, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Assam, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, South European Russia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AfghanistanChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastCyprusInner MongoliaIranIrkutskKazakhstanKirgizstanLebanon-SyriaManchuriaMongoliaNorth CaucasusQinghaiTadzhikistanTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanXinjiangAssamMyanmarNepalPakistanWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBulgariaCzechia-SlovakiaGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSouth European RussiaTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine Korea
Native distribution of Rumex patientia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Cyprus CYP
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Korea KOR
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Qinghai CHQ
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Xinjiang CHX
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Bulgaria BUL
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 15 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Acetosa patientia (L.) M.Gómez
  • Lapathum hortense Lam.
  • Lapathum hortense Garsault
  • Rumex callosus (F.Schmidt) Rech.f.
  • Rumex interruptus Rech.f.
  • Rumex lonaczewskii Klokov
  • Rumex orientalis Bernh. ex Schult.f.
  • Rumex patientia subsp. callosus (F.Schmidt ex Maxim.) Rech.f.
  • Rumex patientia subsp. interruptus Rech.f.
  • Rumex patientia subsp. pamiricus (Rech.f.) Rech.f.
  • Rumex patientia subsp. tibeticus (Rech.f.) Rech.f.
  • Rumex patientia var. callosus F.Schmidt ex Maxim.
  • Rumex patientia var. tibeticus Rech.f.
  • Rumex recurvatus Rechinger
  • Rumex tibeticus Rech.f.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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