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Rheum (rhubarbs)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #webs
Species Rheum palmatum L. (Ornamental Rhubarb) 1
Hybrid Rheum x hybridum (R. palmatum x rhaponticum) Murray (Rhubarb) 4

Suggested Literature

Rheum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
POLYGONACEAE
(docks and knotgrasses)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Rheum:

leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia rhei - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes round, pale brown spots, 2-7mm diam., with broad crimson borders]

Rheum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
POLYGONACEAE
(docks and knotgrasses)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook

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