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|accepted_name=Rumex chrysocarpus
|accepted_authority=Moris
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino
|place=38: 46. 1835
|year=1835
}}
|common_names=Amamastla dock
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Rumex berlandieri
|authority=Meisner
|rank=species
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|name=Rumex langloisii
|authority=Small
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae;Rumex;Rumex subg. Rumex;Rumex sect. Axillares;Rumex chrysocarpus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Rumex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Rumex subg. Rumex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Rumex sect. Axillares]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Rumex chrysocarpus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 493, 507
|treatment_page=page 508
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form;rootstock orientation"><b>Plants </b>perennial, glabrous, with vertical rootstock.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;proximal node atypical some measurement;proximal node some measurement"><b>Stems </b>ascending or erect, usually producing axillary shoots below 1st-order inflorescence or at proximal nodes, 40–60 (–80) cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf-blade depth;leaf-blade coloration;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade length;leaf-blade width;leaf-blade l w ratio;leaf-blade width;leaf-blade texture;vein prominence;middle vein width;base shape;base shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin prominence or shape;apex shape;apex shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blades deep olive green, with strongly prominent veins abaxially, linear-lanceolate, occasionally lanceolate, 5–12 × 1.5–4 cm, usually ca. 3.5–5 times as long as wide, widest near or below middle, thick, coriaceous, base cuneate or rounded-cuneate, margins entire to crenulate, undulate or crisped, flat, apex subobtuse or broadly acute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence position;inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence architecture or arrangement;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence arrangement;stem position or shape;stem quantity"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal and axillary, terminal usually occupying distal 1/3 of stem, lax, interrupted almost to top, usually broadly paniculate (branches simple or nearly so).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="pedicel architecture;pedicel shape;pedicel size or width;pedicel atypical some measurement;pedicel some measurement;pedicel length;articulation shape"><b>Pedicels </b>articulated in proximal 1/3 or almost near middle, filiform or slightly thickened, especially distally 3–6 (–7) mm, not more than 2–2.5 times as long as inner tepals, articulation indistinctly swollen.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower quantity"><b>Flowers </b>5–15 in whorls;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inner tepal shape;inner tepal shape;inner tepal shape;inner tepal shape;inner tepal shape;inner tepal atypical length;inner tepal length;inner tepal atypical width;inner tepal width;base shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape">inner tepals orbiculate, ovate-deltoid, or ovate-triangular, 3.5–4.5 (–5) × 3–4 (–4.5) mm, base truncate or rarely indistinctly cordate, margins entire, apex subacute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="tubercle quantity;tubercle variability;tubercle size;tubercle width;margin fusion;margin width;margin relief;margin pubescence">tubercles 3, equal or subequal, much narrower than inner tepals, free margins of inner tepals wider than or at least as wide as tubercle, verrucose to subglabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="achene coloration;achene coloration;achene length;achene width;2n chromosome quantity"><b>Achenes </b>brown or dark reddish-brown, 2.5–3 × 1.5–2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Swamps, marshes, shores, wet alluvial forests
|elevation=0-200 m
|distribution=La.;Tex.;ne Mexico (Tamaulipas)
|discussion=<p>The name Rumex floridanus was misapplied (in part) to this species by W. D. Trelease (1892) and other North American authors. Rumex chrysocarpus is distinctive and rarely confused with other species of the R. salicifolius aggregate.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Rumex chrysocarpus
|authority=Moris
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Rumex berlandieri;Rumex langloisii
|basionyms=
|family=Polygonaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Swamps, marshes, shores, wet alluvial forests
|elevation=0-200 m
|distribution=La.;Tex.;ne Mexico (Tamaulipas)
|reference=None
|publication title=Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino
|publication year=1835
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V5/V5_1041.xml
|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
|genus=Rumex
|subgenus=Rumex subg. Rumex
|section=Rumex sect. Axillares
|species=Rumex chrysocarpus
|2n chromosome quantity=20
|achene coloration=dark reddish-brown;brown
|achene length=2.5mm;3mm
|achene width=1.5mm;2mm
|apex shape=subacute;acute;subobtuse
|articulation shape=swollen
|base shape=cordate;truncate;rounded-cuneate;cuneate
|flower quantity=5;15
|inflorescence architecture=interrupted
|inflorescence architecture or arrangement=lax
|inflorescence arrangement=paniculate
|inflorescence position=axillary
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal;terminal
|inner tepal atypical length=4.5mm;5mm
|inner tepal atypical width=4mm;4.5mm
|inner tepal length=3.5mm;4.5mm
|inner tepal shape=ovate-triangular;ovate-deltoid;ovate-triangular;ovate-deltoid;orbiculate
|inner tepal width=3mm;4mm
|leaf-blade coloration=olive green
|leaf-blade depth=deep
|leaf-blade l w ratio=3.5-5
|leaf-blade length=5cm;12cm
|leaf-blade shape=lanceolate;linear-lanceolate
|leaf-blade texture=coriaceous
|leaf-blade width=widest;1.5cm;4cm
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin fusion=free
|margin prominence or shape=flat
|margin pubescence=subglabrous
|margin relief=verrucose
|margin shape=entire;crenulate undulate or crisped
|margin width=wider
|middle vein width=thick
|pedicel architecture=articulated
|pedicel atypical some measurement=6mm;7mm
|pedicel length=2+-2.5 times as long as inner tepals
|pedicel shape=filiform
|pedicel size or width=thickened
|pedicel some measurement=3mm;6mm
|proximal node atypical some measurement=60cm;80cm
|proximal node some measurement=40cm;60cm
|rootstock orientation=vertical
|stem orientation=erect;ascending
|stem position or shape=distal
|stem quantity=1/3
|tubercle quantity=3
|tubercle size=subequal
|tubercle variability=equal
|tubercle width=much narrower
|vein prominence=prominent
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|whole_organism pubescence=glabrous
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