Rumex

Genus: Rumex

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Core Eudicots > Order: Caryophyllales > Family: Polygonaceae

Over 200 species, found mainly in temperate regions worldwide, with 15 species native to southern Africa and three species that are naturalised in the region.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Rumex bequaertii
Rumex conglomeratus
Rumex cordatus
Rumex dregeanus
Rumex garipensis
Rumex lanceolatus
Rumex lativalvis
Rumex nepalensis Recorded from Zimbabwe.
Rumex palustris Recorded from Zimbabwe.
Rumex pulcher See Flora of Zimbabwe.
Rumex rhodesius See Flora of Zimbabwe.
Rumex sagittatus See Flora of Zimbabwe.
Rumex spathulatus
Rumex steudelii
Rumex woodii

Species naturalised in southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Rumex acetosella

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

Rumex brownii

Rumex crispus

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

Herbivores in southern Africa

Agrius convolvuli

Caterpillars eat the leaves.

Lepidoptera: Sphingidae (hawkmoths)