Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Rumex de Tanger
English translation:
Rumex roseus (syn. R. tingitanus), Tangier sorrel
Added to glossary by
Anne Greaves
Dec 31, 2009 10:59
14 yrs ago
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French term
Rumex de Tanger
French to English
Science
Botany
Carte découverte
Hello,
I'm translating a carte découverte which is full of botanical names, some of which I'm having problems tracing as in:
Le cordon dunaire est en partie conservé mais également reconstitué grâce à des ganivelles...Il s'agit là essentiellement d'herbacées :.(long list)............................., Rumex de Tanger
Can't find this one anywhere.
All help appreciated (and Season's Greetings)
thanks
Anne
I'm translating a carte découverte which is full of botanical names, some of which I'm having problems tracing as in:
Le cordon dunaire est en partie conservé mais également reconstitué grâce à des ganivelles...Il s'agit là essentiellement d'herbacées :.(long list)............................., Rumex de Tanger
Can't find this one anywhere.
All help appreciated (and Season's Greetings)
thanks
Anne
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +1 | Rumex roseus (syn. R. tingitanus), Tangier sorrel | philgoddard |
5 | Rumex roseus Tanger rumex rose | Drmanu49 |
4 | Rumex tangitanus / Tangier Sorrel | Evans (X) |
References
Rumex roseus | Rachel Fell |
Proposed translations
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4 hrs
Selected
Rumex roseus (syn. R. tingitanus), Tangier sorrel
Neither Drmanu's nor Gilla's answer is quite right. This species has two names, so this is its correct botanical designation. syn. is short for synonym, and it's tingitanus (= of Tangiers), not tangitanus. The R. is to avoid repeating Rumex, and Tangier sorrel is the common name.
I think that in the asker's context, which sounds like it's meant for the general reader and is not heavily botanical, I'd just use one of the two Latin names with the common name in brackets.
I think that in the asker's context, which sounds like it's meant for the general reader and is not heavily botanical, I'd just use one of the two Latin names with the common name in brackets.
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "THanks for your help Phil, I used your suggestion,
Anne"
10 mins
Rumex roseus Tanger rumex rose
(fr) Rumex de Tanger (Rumex roseus), une photographie issue du site internet http://sophy.u-3mrs.fr/. L'accord de l'auteur, H. Brisse, se situe ici. ...
fr.wikipedia.org/.../Fichier:Rumex_roseus26122001feuilles.JPG
Rumex roseus, Rumex rose, Images de Rumex roseus. Rumex rugosus, Oseille, Images de Rumex rugosus. Rumex rupestris, Rumex des rochers, Images de Rumex ...
www.botanique.org/.../rumex-article19308.html
fr.wikipedia.org/.../Fichier:Rumex_roseus26122001feuilles.JPG
Rumex roseus, Rumex rose, Images de Rumex roseus. Rumex rugosus, Oseille, Images de Rumex rugosus. Rumex rupestris, Rumex des rochers, Images de Rumex ...
www.botanique.org/.../rumex-article19308.html
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: The first two words of this are correct, but the rest doesn't make sense.
3 hrs
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I had given the right answer and an English translation Phil. Why post the same answer? e
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20 mins
Rumex tangitanus / Tangier Sorrel
Rumex is a type of dock or sorrel.
see
http://www.lohmueller.business.t-online.de/botany/gen/r/Rume...
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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-12-31 16:10:18 GMT)
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As Phil points out, there is a typo in my answer, it should read tingitanus not tangitanus
see
http://www.lohmueller.business.t-online.de/botany/gen/r/Rume...
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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-12-31 16:10:18 GMT)
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As Phil points out, there is a typo in my answer, it should read tingitanus not tangitanus
Reference comments
3 days 11 hrs
Reference:
Rumex roseus
it doesn't appear to have a common English name - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumex
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rumex_roseus26122001r...
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rumex_roseus26122001r...
Discussion
Anne
The plant in question seems to be a type of knotweed, which looks like it is related to dock or sorrel.
So you can take your pick!