Rheum is a genus of about 60 herbaceous perennial plants in the family Polygonaceae. Species are native to eastern Europe, southern and eastern temperate Asia, with a few reaching into northern tropic
Rheum rhabarbarum.2006 04 27.uellue
Rheum ribes (left) growing in Iran
Rheum nanum is the sole species in Losinskaja's section Acaulia
Rheum ribes, the Syrian rhubarb or currant-fruited rhubarb, or warty-leaved rhubarb, is an edible wild rhubarb species in the genus Rheum. It grows between 1000 and 4000 m on dunite rocks, among stone
Rheum (plant)
…a straight or curved embryo. The genus Rheum was described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus, initially for three species: R. rhaponticum, R. rhabarbarum and R. ribes. Linnaeus did not explain the origin of the genus name. Rheum is usually derived from the Greek rheon, mentioned by Dioscorides as an alternative name…
Rheum ribes in early May in situ at Karasakal Mt., Tufanbeyli, near Adana, Turkey.
Immature inflorescences for sale at the historical market in Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey.