Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rumex alpinus L. [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alpen-ampfer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
alpine dock	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
alpskräppa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
butter dock	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lavàzzi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
monk's rhubarb	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
monk's-rhubarb	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mountain rhubarb	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mountain-rhubarb	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
munk's rhubarb	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mönchsrhabarber	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rabarbaro alpino	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rhapontie des moines	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rhubarbe des moines	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
romice alpino	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rumex des alpes	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acetosa alpina Moench Methodus: 357 (1794).
Lapathum alpinum (L.) Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 7 (1779).
Lapathum rotundifolium Montandon in F.Friche-Joset, Syn. Fl. Jura: 267 (1856).
Rhabarbarum monachorum Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 29a (1764), opus utique rej.
Rumex alpinus Gand. Fl. Lyon.: 191 (1875), nom. illeg.
Rumex candollei Mart. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 52 (1856), not validly publ.
Rumex iseriensis Gand. Fl. Lyon.: 191 (1875).
Rumex maximus Campd. Monogr. Rumex: 149 (1819), nom. illeg.
Rumex pauciflorus Campd. Monogr. Rumex: 104 (1819).
Rumex pseudoalpinus Höfft Cat. Pl. Koursk: 26 (1826).
Rumex retroflexus Lag. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1449 (1830).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rumex alpinus	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
Rumex alpinus L.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Rumex alpinus L., nom. cons.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Rumex alpinus Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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