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Rheum namum (Lingelsheim) Limpricht
Xizang (Tibet): Mangkang (Markam) Xian. Pass on highway 214 at Lawu Shan, just N of the city of Mangkang (Markam). Heavily grazed Kobresia and Carex meadows with Polygonum, Potentilla. 29°42'6"N, 98°31'32"E; 4400-4500 m.
Around seepages. Base of perianth reddish purple, perianth lobes light green. See also: Hong, S.-P. 1992. Taxonomy of the genus Aconogonon (Polygonaceae) in Himalaya and adjacent regions. Acta Univ. Uppsala, Symb. Bot. Uppsala. 30.
David E. Boufford, Susan L. Kelley, Richard H. Ree & Su-Gong WU (S. K. WU)
29431 14 July 2000
 
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