| Accepted name: |
Rumex occidentalis S. Wats. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Rumex aquaticus L. var. fenestratus (Greene) Dorn
-Rumex domesticus auct. p.p.,non C. Hartman
-Rumex gracilipes Greene
-Rumex bakeri Greene
-Rumex aquaticus auct. p.p., non L.
-Rumex aquaticus ssp. occidentalis (S. Wats.) Hultén
-Rumex aquaticus ssp. fenestratus (Greene) Hultén
-Rumex occidentalis var. procerus (Greene) J.T. Howell
-Rumex occidentalis var. labradoricus (Rech. f.) Lepage
-Rumex occidentalis var. fenestratus (Greene) Lepage
-Rumex fenestratus Greene
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| English names: |
Western Dock
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| French names: |
Rumex occidental
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Polygonales
Family: Polygonaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HRUMOC
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Leaves used in a sweatbath for pains similar to rheumatism all over body. Leaves used in sweatbath for pains similar to rheumatism. Poultice of leaves and mashed, roasted roots applied to boils and wounds(*29)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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