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|accepted_name=Rumex kerneri
|accepted_authority=Borbás
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Comit. Temesiensis,
|place=60. 1884
|year=1884
}}
|common_names=Kerner’s dock
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Rumex confertoides
|authority=Bihari
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Rumex cristatus subsp. kerneri
|authority=(Borbás) Akeroyd & D. A. Webb
|rank=subspecies
}}
|hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae;Rumex;Rumex subg. Rumex;Rumex sect. Rumex;Rumex kerneri
|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. Rumex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Rumex kerneri]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 495
|treatment_page=page 521
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism relief;whole_organism growth form;rootstock shape;rootstock orientation"><b>Plants </b>perennial, distinctly papillose especially or almost exclusively on veins of leaf-blades abaxially, with fusiform, vertical rootstock.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture;stem atypical some measurement;stem some measurement"><b>Stems </b>erect, branched from above middle or in distal 2/3, 50–100 (–150) cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="ocreum duration;ocreum duration"><b>Leaves:</b> ocrea deciduous or partially persistent at maturity;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade length;blade width;base shape;base shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin prominence or shape;apex shape;apex shape">blade broadly lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, normally 15–25 × 5–9 cm, base truncate or slightly cordate, margins entire, undulate or weakly crisped, occasionally flat, apex acute or attenuate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence density;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence arrangement;stem position or shape;stem quantity;branch course;branch course;branch course"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, occupying distal 1/2–2/3 of stem, normally dense or interrupted near base, broadly paniculate (branches mostly simple or nearly so), branches usually straight or arcuate, rarely indistinctly flexuous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="pedicel architecture;pedicel shape;pedicel some measurement;articulation shape"><b>Pedicels </b>articulated near middle, filiform, 6–12 mm, articulation distinctly swollen.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower quantity"><b>Flowers </b>15–20 in whorls;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inner tepal shape;inner tepal atypical length;inner tepal length;inner tepal atypical width;inner tepal width;base shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;apex shape;apex shape;tooth some measurement">inner tepals orbiculate, 6–8 (–9) × 6–7.5 (–8) mm, base usually distinctly cordate, margins entire or subentire near apex, denticulate or dentate near base, apex acute or subacute, teeth to 0.5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="tubercle quantity;tubercle width">tubercle normally 1 (rarely 3, then distinctly unequal), less than 2 times as wide as inner tepals.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="achene coloration;achene coloration;achene length;achene width;2n chromosome quantity"><b>Achenes </b>dark-brown or brown, 2.5–3.3 × 1.8–2.3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 80.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Ruderal habitats: roadsides, waste places
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Calif.;se Europe
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Rumex kerneri is known in North America only from California, where it occurs mostly in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. It is closely related to and has been regarded as a subspecies of R. cristatus.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Rumex kerneri
|authority=Borbás
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Rumex confertoides;Rumex cristatus subsp. kerneri
|basionyms=
|family=Polygonaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Ruderal habitats: roadsides, waste places
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Calif.;se Europe
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Comit. Temesiensis,
|publication year=1884
|special status=Introduced;Illustrated
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V5/V5_1069.xml
|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
|genus=Rumex
|subgenus=Rumex subg. Rumex
|section=Rumex sect. Rumex
|species=Rumex kerneri
|2n chromosome quantity=80
|achene coloration=brown;dark-brown
|achene length=2.5mm;3.3mm
|achene width=1.8mm;2.3mm
|apex shape=subacute;acute;attenuate;acute
|articulation shape=swollen
|base shape=cordate;cordate;truncate
|blade length=15cm;25cm
|blade shape=broadly lanceolate;oblong-lanceolate
|blade width=5cm;9cm
|branch course=flexuous;arcuate;straight
|flower quantity=15;20
|inflorescence architecture=interrupted
|inflorescence arrangement=paniculate
|inflorescence density=dense
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|inner tepal atypical length=8mm;9mm
|inner tepal atypical width=7.5mm;8mm
|inner tepal length=6mm;8mm
|inner tepal shape=orbiculate
|inner tepal width=6mm;7.5mm
|margin prominence or shape=flat
|margin shape=dentate;denticulate;subentire;entire;crisped;undulate;entire
|ocreum duration=persistent;deciduous
|pedicel architecture=articulated
|pedicel shape=filiform
|pedicel some measurement=6mm;12mm
|rootstock orientation=vertical
|rootstock shape=fusiform
|stem architecture=branched
|stem atypical some measurement=100cm;150cm
|stem orientation=erect
|stem position or shape=distal
|stem quantity=1/2;2/3
|stem some measurement=50cm;100cm
|tooth some measurement=0mm;0.5mm
|tubercle quantity=1
|tubercle width=0-2 times as wide as inner tepals
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|whole_organism relief=papillose
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