Miller, P. (28 January 1754), The Gardeners Dictionary abridged Edn. 4, 1: - [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Campdera, F. (1819), Monographie des Rumex: 67 [basionym]

basionym of: Rumex sect. Acetosa (Mill.) Campd. legitimate

Rafinesque, C.S. (1837), Flora Telluriana 3: 46 [basionym]

basionym of: Rumex subg. Acetosa (Mill.) Raf. legitimate

Rechinger, K.H. (1937), The North American species of Rumex. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 17(1): 6 [basionym]

basionym of: Rumex subg. Acetosa (Mill.) Rech.f. isonym

Johnson, L.A.S. & Briggs, B.G. (17 September 1962), Taxonomic and cytological notes on Acetosa and Acetosella in Australia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 3(3): 166 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 176 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Polygonaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 291-292 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 14 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rumex L. legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Polygonaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 292 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Polygonaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 291-292 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Rumex subg. Atecosa Raf. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Rumex subg. Acetosa (Mill.) Raf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Rumex sect. Acetosa (Mill.) Campd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Rumex subg. Acetosa (Mill.) Rech.f. isonym

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 7 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rumex L. legitimate

Schuster, T.M., Reveal, J.L., Bayly, M.J. & Kron, K.A. (2015), An updated molecular phylogeny of Polygonoideae (Polygonaceae): Relationships of Oxygonum, Pteroxygonum, and Rumex, and a new circumscription of Koenigia. Taxon 64(6): 1203 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Rumex subg. Acetosa (Mill.) Raf. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Rumex L. legitimate

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