Rheum ribes Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 372. 1753.

"Habitat in Persia, Libano, Carmelo." RCN: 2930.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Rauwolf, Aigent. Beschr. Morgenl.: 266, 282, t. 266.282. 1583; [icon] in Pococke, Descr. East 2: 189, t. 84. 1745; [icon] in Breyn in Acad. Caes.-Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. Ephem. 7: 10, t. 2. 1719; [icon] in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 1: 191, t. 158, f. 192. 1732.

Current name: Rheum ribes L. ( Polygonaceae).