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Endemism

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Rheum rhaponticum is endemic in Bulgaria? ([1], [2]). --NGC 54 (talk | contribs) 11:33, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"False rhubarb" name: why?

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Why has this species sometimes been called "False rhubarb"? (For example, was there a purpose for which another species of rhubarb was suitable but this one was not?) TooManyFingers (talk) 16:12, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wait... Has my question already been answered in the History section? Maybe the wording there is just slightly unclear - is it saying that a plant which today is not even classified as a rhubarb was once known as "true rhubarb"? Interesting ... TooManyFingers (talk) 16:18, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  1. Where is the source for the name "false rhubarb" for this species?
  2. The history section says that Europeans falsely thought that a thistle was the source of rhubarb, when actually the source was this species or a hybrid or cultivar of it.
Peter coxhead (talk) 21:30, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]