EcoFlora - Rhus

Rhus
Family: Anacardiaceae Max Licher	VPAP Gleason & Cronquist Resources CANOTIA 3(2) PLANT: Shrubs or small trees, to 5 m tall, polygamous (bearing unisexual and bisexual flowers on one plant) or dioecious; bark gray, lenticular. LEAVES: simple, trifoliolate or pinnately compound, evergreen or deciduous, coriaceous or thin, entire, lobed or toothed. INFLORESCENCE: terminal and/or axillary, bracteate, dense to open spikes, racemes, panicles, or thyrses. FLOWERS: sessile, regular; sepals glabrous or pubescent, green or pink; petals cream or yellow, glabrous or pubescent; style three-lobed. FRUITS: lenticular-orbicular, reddish to orange, glandular pubescent. NOTES: 150 spp.; worldwide, subtropical and temperate. (Ancient Greek name for sumac). Barkley F. A. 1937. Ann. Mo. Bot. Garden 24: 265-498. REFERENCES: John L. Anderson, 2006, Vascular Plants of Arizona: Anacardiaceae. CANOTIA 3 (2): 13-22. Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada Pet 5, often hairy, especially on the inner surface; stamens 5; ovary 3- carpellate but unilocular, with a short, terminal, 3-lobed style; ovule basal; frs red or reddish, glandular-hairy; innocuous, polygamo-dioecious shrubs or small trees with dense, crowded infls terminal or lateral on last-year's twigs. (Schmaltzia) 100, cosmop. Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp. ©The New York Botanical Garden. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Species within checklist: Indiana Rare Species \|\| << 1 - 50 taxa >> Rhus allophyloides Media not available Map not Available Rhus anchietae Map not Available Rhus andrieuxii Map not Available Rhus angustifolia Map not Available Rhus arenaria Map not Available Rhus aromatica Map not Available Rhus arsenei Map not Available Rhus ashei Map not Available Rhus atra Map not Available Rhus barclayi Map not Available Rhus buettneri Media not available Map not Available Rhus canadense Media not available Map not Available Rhus canadensis Map not Available Rhus caudata Map not Available Rhus chinensis Map not Available Rhus chondroloma Map not Available Rhus ciliolata Map not Available Rhus copallinum Map not Available Rhus coriaria Map not Available Rhus discolor Map not Available Rhus duckerae Map not Available Rhus emoryi Map not Available Rhus erosa Map not Available Rhus foliosa Media not available Map not Available Rhus galeotti Media not available Map not Available Rhus galeottii Map not Available Rhus glabra Map not Available Rhus glauca Map not Available Rhus glaucescens Media not available Map not Available Rhus integrifolia Map not Available Rhus jaliscana Map not Available Rhus juglandifolia Media not available Map not Available Rhus kearneyi Map not Available Rhus keetii Map not Available Rhus laevigata Map not Available Rhus lamprocarpa Map not Available Rhus lancea Map not Available Rhus lanceolata Map not Available Rhus lenticellosa Map not Available Rhus lentii Map not Available Rhus leucantha Map not Available Rhus lucida Map not Available Rhus michauxii Map not Available Rhus microcarpa Map not Available Rhus microphylla Map not Available Rhus mollis Map not Available Rhus muelleri Map not Available Rhus nelsonii Map not Available Rhus nitens Map not Available Rhus nortonii Map not Available