Rumex acetosella

TaxID: 61450

Basic Information

Rumex acetosella

Common Sheep Sorrel, Red Sorrel, sheep's sorrel

Rumex acetosella, commonly known as red sorrel, sheep's sorrel, field sorrel and sour weed, is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae. Native to Eurasia including the British Isles, the plant and its subspecies are common perennial weeds. It has green arrowhead-shaped leaves and red-tinted deeply ridged stems, and it sprouts from an aggressive and spreading rhizome. The flowers emerge from a tall, upright stem. Female flowers are maroon in color.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Caryophyllales

Polygonaceae

Rumex

acetosella

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Rumex acetosella
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(c) Antti Henttonen@BY-NC
Rumex acetosella
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(c) Agnieszka Kwiecień@BY-SA
Rumex acetosella
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(c) Matthieu Gauvain@BY-NC
Rumex acetosella
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(c) Erin@BY-NC
Rumex acetosella
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(c) Bob Sweatt@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Nicaragua Absent —
Thailand Quarantine pests —

Distribution (88 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Albania Present —
Andorra Present —
Argentina Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (5 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR13623243 leaf adult female 36364034 United Kingdom
SRR13623232 leaf adult female 35067932 United Kingdom
SRR13623210 early bud adult female 30324728 China: Shandong province, Qingdao, Shinan district
SRR13623199 leaf adult female 30685520 China: Shandong province, Qingdao, Shinan district
SRR18011478 Vegetative vegetative period - 28428313 China: Sichuan

DNA Barcodes (61 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
YNPBP849-23 - trnL-F 502 United States 2023-07-24 44.77986, -110.73597
YNPBP849-23 - trnH-psbA 324 United States 2023-07-24 44.77986, -110.73597
YNPBP849-23 - rbcL 553 United States 2023-07-24 44.77986, -110.73597
YNPBP849-23 - matK 769 United States 2023-07-24 44.77986, -110.73597
VEMSH165-13 - rbcLa 554 Canada 2012-06-07 45.535, -73.149
THY042-16 - matK 801 Denmark - -
THY002-16 - rbcL 684 Denmark - -
THY001-16 - rbcL 684 Denmark - 56.001186, 9.378671
THY001-16 - matK 801 Denmark - 56.001186, 9.378671
SDH3313-15 - rbcLa 552 United States 2009-06-30 33.19826, -116.75635
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Literature