Rumex roseus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 337. 1753.

"Habitat in Aegypto." RCN: 2594.

Type not designated.

Original material: Hasselquist, Herb. Linn. No. 464.27 (LINN); [icon] in Shaw, Cat. Pl. Afr. As.: 37, f. 5. 1738.

Current name: Rumex roseus L. ( Polygonaceae).

Note: See discussion by López González (in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 44: 581. 1987).