Rumex bucephalophorus L.

English: Red dock

German: Stierkopf-Ampfer

Portuguese: Catacuzes

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Polygonales (29)

        Family: Polygonaceae (31)(family description)

          Genus: Rumex (9)

            Epithet: bucephalophorus L. (1)

bucephalophorus => bearing parts like an ox head

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: red

Check for Rumex bucephalophorus at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [679] Rumex bucephalophorus - Plants For A Future database

• [11] Schönfelder, I. and Schönfelder, P. (1999): Die Kosmos-Mittelmeerflora. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart, Germany.