Glossary entry

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

Discussion

Anne Greaves (asker) Dec 31, 2009:
Thanks for info,
Anne
Evans (X) Dec 31, 2009:
synonymous Hi Anne, in case you're confused, it looks like our two answers are synonymous. According to: http://www.guenther-blaich.de/pflseite.php?par=Rumex tingita...

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!

Proposed translations

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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.
Peer comment(s):

agree Cetacea : Exactly.
4 hrs
Thanks!
neutral SJLD : "Tangier sorrel" gets 9 ghits - not as common as all that eh?
8 hrs
neutral Drmanu49 : Why post the same answer? Rumex roseus is Rumex roseus
8 days
It's not the same, it's completely different.
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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
Peer comment(s):

neutral philgoddard : The first two words of this are correct, but the rest doesn't make sense.
3 hrs
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
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Reference comments

3 days 11 hrs
Reference:

Rumex roseus

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