Rheum rhaponticum
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Rheum rhaponticum, the false rhubarb, rhapontic rhubarb or rhapontic, is a plant species in the genus Rheum found in the wild.[2] It is the only Rheum species found only in Europe, and is now restricted to the Rila mountain range in south-western Bulgaria.[1][3][4] It was introduced to other countries in Europe.[3] It is considered to be one of the parents of the modern culinary rhubarb.[5]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Polygonaceae |
Genus: | Rheum |
Species: | R. rhaponticum |
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Rheum rhaponticum | |
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