Rheum compactum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 531. 1762.

"Habitat in Tataria, China." RCN: 2929.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Miller, Fig. Pl. Gard. Dict. 2: 145, t. 218. 1758.

Current name: Rheum compactum L. ( Polygonaceae).