Description
Genus Rhus
Polygamous or dioecious trees
or shrubs
, usually sapiferous; sap
often irritant. Leaves compound
. Flowers small, greenish, in axillary
or terminal
panicles. Calyx persistent
, 4-6-lobed; lobes
imbricate. Petals 4-6, spreading
. Disk present. Stamens as many as or twice the number of petals; anthers
bilocular
, imperfect in the female flowers. Ovary unilocular
; styles
3, usually free
. Drupe small and dry.
Commonly known as sumacs. A genus of 250 species occurring in the warm temperate
and subtropical
regions of both the hemispheres. Represented in Pakistan by 7 species, 4 of which are native
.Yashin J. Nasir "Rhus". in Flora of Pakistan Page 4.. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rutanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Burserales
()
- Baskerville, 1839
- Family:
Anacardiaceae
()
- Lindley, 1830
- Family:
Anacardiaceae
(
- Order:
Burserales
(
- Superorder:
Rutanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Lavallée ex Dippel Publication : Handb. Laubholzk. ii. (1892) 373.An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Rhus
There are approximately 776 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
R. abyssinica · R. acocksii · R. acuminata · R. acuminatissima · R. acutidens · R. aequalis · R. affinis · R. africana · R. aglaophylla · R. ailanthoides · R. alata · R. albicans · R. albida · R. albomarginata · R. allophylloides · R. allophylloides var. mexiae · R. allophyloides · R. allophyloides var. mexiae · R. amazonica · R. ambigua · R. amboensis · R. amela · R. americana · R. amerina · R. amharica · R. amherstensis · R. amoena · R. ampla · R. anchietae · R. andrieuxii · R. angolensis · R. angolensis f. glabrescens · R. angustiarum · R. angustifolia · R. angustifolium · R. antillana · R. apiculata · R. aprica · R. arborea · R. arborescens · R. arbuscula · R. argentea · R. arguta · R. argyi · R. argyrophylla · R. aromatica (Fragrant Sumac) · R. aromatica 'Gro-low' (Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac) · R. aromatica 'Grow-Low' (Fragrant Sumac) · R. aromatica 'Konza' (Konza Fragrant Sumac) · R. aromatica Aiton var. aromatica Aiton · R. aromatica f. simplicifolia · R. aromatica flabelliformis · R. aromatica pilosissima · R. aromatica serotina · R. aromatica trilobata · R. aromatica var. arenaria (Fragrant Sumac) · R. aromatica var. aromatica · R. aromatica var. glabra · R. aromatica var. serotina (Fragrant Sumac) · R. arsenei · R. ashei (Ash's Sumac) · R. asplenifolia · R. aspleniifolia · R. atomaria · R. atra · R. atrovirens · R. aucheri · R. auriculata · R. bahamensis · R. barclayi · R. batophylla · R. baurii · R. bendirei · R. bequaertii · R. bicolor · R. blanda · R. blinii · R. blodgettii · R. bodinieri · R. bofillii · R. bolusii · R. borneensis · R. brasiliensis · R. brenanii · R. bucki-amela · R. bucki-amelam · R. buettneri · R. buluwayensis · R. burchellii · R. burkeana · R. burmannii · R. cacodendron · R. calycina · R. canadensis · R. canadensis var. illinoensis · R. canadensis var. mollis · R. canadensis var. quinata · R. canadensis var. serotina · R. canadensis var. simplicifolia · R. canadensis var. trilobata
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 14, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 14, 2007:
- National Institute of Genetics, ROIS, Herbarium Specimens of Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo Pref., Japan
- Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility, Magnoliophyta
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5977901
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14992594
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70373-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 70373-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1183491
