Rumex abyssinicus

Rumex abyssinicus is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to tropical Africa, including Madagascar.^[1]

Rumex abyssinicus
Growing near Gondar, Ethiopia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Genus:	Rumex
Species:	R. abyssinicus
Binomial name
Rumex abyssinicus Jacq.[1]
Synonyms[1]
Acetosa abyssinica (Jacq.) Á.Löve & B.M.Kapoor Rumex arifolius L.f., non All. Rumex schimperi Meisn.

Taxonomy

Rumex abyssinicus was first described by Nikolaus von Jacquin in 1777.^[2] R. arifolius L.f. is a synonym of this species. (R. arifolius All. is a different species, regarded as either a synonym of R. hispanicus,^[3] or of R. alpestris.^[4])