Polygonaceae Juss.
Rumex obtusifolius L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 335-336 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat in Germania, Helvetia, Gallia, Anglia."
Bailey, F.M. (1891), Contributions to the Queensland flora. Botany Bulletin. Department of Agriculture, Queensland 4: 16 [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 161 BHL [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 417 [secondary reference]
common name: Broad-leaved Dock [n/a]
Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 173, Fig. 44, C [secondary reference]
common name: Broad Dock [n/a]
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 281, Fig. 335, C [secondary reference]
common name: Broad Dock [n/a]
Rechinger, K.H. (1949), Rumices asiatici. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Gattung Rumex VII. Candollea 12: 100-102 [secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 157 [secondary reference]
common name: Broad-leaf Dock [n/a]
Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 585, Fig. 124B [secondary reference]
common name: Broad-leaved Dock [n/a]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 153 [secondary reference]
common name: Broad-leaf Dock [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 177 [secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Polygonaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 85-86, Fig. 10G [secondary reference]
common name: Broad-leaved Dock [n/a]
Rechinger, K.H. (24 October 1984), Rumex (Polygonaceae) in Australia: a reconsideration. Nuytsia 5(1): 93-94 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 68 [secondary reference]
Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 140 [secondary reference]
common name: Broadleaf Dock [n/a]
Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Polygonaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 116 [secondary reference]
common name: Broadleaf Dock [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 806 [secondary reference]
common name: Broadleaf Dock [n/a]
Jessup, L.W. (2003), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: No specimens have been collected in SE Queensland.
Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]
common name: Broadleaf Dock [n/a]
State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]
common name: Broadleaf Dock [n/a]
National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - APC [secondary reference]
common name: Broadleaf Dock [n/a]
  • APC Comment: Subspecific rank not recognised in SA and Tas.
  • APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (formerly naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)