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Rhus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. 1: 265 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000033095.

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Synonyms of Rhus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Schmaltzia Desv. ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 72 (1825) wfo-1000036433
Duckera F.A.Barkley Amer. Midl. Naturalist 28(2): 472, clavis & adnot. (1942) wfo-4000012701
Festania Raf. Autik. Bot. 84. 1840; Pennell in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 1921, 48: 93 wfo-4000014702
Lobadium Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 357 (1819) wfo-4000022027
Melanococca Blume Mus. Bot. 1(15): 236 wfo-4000023583
Neostyphonia Shafer N. Amer. Trees 612 (1908) wfo-4000025856
Rhoeidium Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 143 (1905) wfo-4000033062
Styphonia Nutt. Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 1(2): 220 (1838) wfo-4000037024
Sumacus Raf. Autik. Bot. 83, sine descr. (1840) wfo-4000037075
Pocophorum Neck. Elem. Bot. (Necker) 2: 226 (1790) wfo-4000043933
Thezera Raf. Autik. Bot. 83 (1840) wfo-4000043952
Turpinia Raf. Med. Repos. 5: 352 (1808) wfo-4100005121

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Rhus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus affinis Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 995 (1829) wfo-0000401313
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus arborea Macfad. ex Griseb. Fl. Brit. W.I. [Grisebach] 177 (1859) wfo-0000401429
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus argentea A.Chev. Etudes Fl. Afr. Centr. Franc. i. 69 (1913), nomen. wfo-0000401436
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus argentea Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 2: 149. 1836 [Jan 1836] wfo-0000401435
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus aromatica var. pilosissima W.A.Weber Phytologia 41(7): 488. 1979 wfo-0001391704
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus aromatica var. trilobata (Nutt.) A.Gray Botany [Fortieth Parallel] 53. 1871 wfo-0001392672
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus bipinnata Greene Torreya 5: 155 1905 — wfo-0001244976
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus bucki-amela Roxb. Fl. Ind. (Roxburgh) 2: 99 (1832) wfo-1000080346
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus bucki-amelam Roxb. Hort. Bengal. 22. 1814 wfo-0000402806
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus bucku-amela Wall. ex Lindl. Encycl. Pl. [Loudon] 226, no. 3793 (1829) wfo-1000080361
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus canadense Mill. Gard. Dict. (ed. 8) no. ? 1768 — wfo-0001244975
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus canadensis var. mollis A.Gray – wfo-0001396509
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus canadensis var. quinata Jeps. – wfo-0001391024
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus carolinensis Marshall Arbust. Amer. 129. 1785 wfo-0000402754
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus caroliniana Ashe Bot. Gaz. 20(12): 548, pl. 37. 1895 [Dec 1895] wfo-0000402755
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus corallina J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(2): 1615 (Index), sphalm. 1792 [1791 publ. late Apr-Oct 1792] wfo-0001355288
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus decipiens E.Mey. Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. (Drège) 216 wfo-1000080345
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus duckeri F.A.Barkley Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 24(4): 371, t. 21, f. 17 1937 — wfo-0001250136
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus eriocarpon F.A.Barkley – — wfo-0001049749
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus erosa Drège ex C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. ser. 5, 3: 471 (1845) — wfo-1000080375
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus excisa E.Mey. ex Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 1: 518. 1860 [10-31 May 1860] wfo-0000402884
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus fraxinifolia D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 248 (1825) wfo-0001242488
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus frutescens hort. ex Handl. Trees Kew Pt. i. [Polypet.] (1894) 103. wfo-0000402888
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus fruticosa Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2 77 (1894) wfo-0000402895
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus heterophylla DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. 136. 1813 [Feb-Mar 1813] wfo-0000402829
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus incisa var. effusa (C.Presl) R.Fern. – — wfo-0001050502
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus incisa var. obovata Schönland – — wfo-0001050506
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus laevigata f. laevigata – – — wfo-0001421508
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus leucocarpa E.Mey. Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. (Drège) 216 wfo-0000403236
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus lineata Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 936 (1824) wfo-0000403237
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus margaretae Schönland Bothalia iii. 65 (1930), in syn. wfo-0001355293
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus marginata E.Mey. Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. (Drège) 216, nomen. wfo-0000403166
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus meerburgiana Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 6: 663 (1820) wfo-0000403170
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus melanocarpa E.Mey. Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. (Drège) 216 wfo-0000403181
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus melintangensis Korth. ex Blume Mus. Bot. 1(14): 219 (1850) wfo-0000403172
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus metopioides Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(1): 468 (1858) wfo-0000403177
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus micrantha Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 2: 149. 1836 [Jan 1836] wfo-0000403173
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus milleri R.Fern. & A.Fern. Bol. Soc. Brot. sér. 2, 38: 188 (1965) wfo-0000403154
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus monophylla E.Mey. Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. (Drège) 216 wfo-0000403158
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus nepalensis Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult. Nachtr. 2: 35 (1826) wfo-0000401558
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus ntsubanensis Schönland Bothalia iii. 44 (1930) wfo-0000401567
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus obliqua E.Mey. ex Sond. Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 1: 444 (1860) wfo-1000080343
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus odorata Nois. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 689, nomen (Quid ?). 1821 wfo-0000401544
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus ornifolia Pall. in Gueldenst. Reisen. i. 282. wfo-0000401553
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus peregrina (Buc'hoz) Stapf – wfo-0001348709
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus peregrina F.A.Barkley Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 1937, xxiv. 264, in syn. wfo-0001355301
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus pruinosa Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult. Nachtr. 2: 198 (1826) wfo-0000403203
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus pumila Meerb. Pl. Select. Icon. Pict. t. 14 (1798) wfo-0000403252
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus pyphiflua Stokes – — wfo-0001051148
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus pyroides var. pyroides – – — wfo-0001050623
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus radaelijawel Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 13 (1768) wfo-0000403277
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus rhodanthemum F.Muell. Journ. Pharm. Soc. Vict. i. (1858) 43; et ex Benth. Fl. Austral. i. 489. wfo-0000406559
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus rosifolia Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult. Nachtr. 2: 199 (1826) wfo-0000401170
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus rosmarinifolia var. stenophylla (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Schönland – — wfo-0001050659
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus schiedeana f. vestita Radlk. – wfo-0001323600
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus sinensis Houtt. Nat. Hist. (Houttuyn) ii. 212 (1774), in adnot.; Swingle in Journ. Wash. Acad. Sc. 1916, vi. 492, 495, pro syn. wfo-0000403031
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus sinuata var. effusa C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. ser. 5, 3: 472 (1845) wfo-0001050511
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus tambergi Giglioli in Agric. Colon., Ital. 1937, xxxi. 416. wfo-0000403150
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus ternata hort. ex Lavallée Énum. Arbres 53, nomen. 1877 wfo-0001355326
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus thouarsii var. thouarsii – – — wfo-0001315872
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus toxicodendron var. malacotrichocarpum A.H.Moore Rhodora 11(128): 163 1909 — wfo-0001242911
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus trifoliata Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 26 (1790) wfo-0000403078
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus triphylla Medik. Pfl. Anat. 106, nomen. wfo-0000403061
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus typhina var. laciniata Hort – wfo-0001396544
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus typhina var. laciniata Manning ex Rehder – wfo-0001392464
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus undulata E.Mey. ex Sond. Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 1: 239 (1860) — wfo-1000080367
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus villosa E.Mey. ex Engl. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 427 (1883) wfo-0000403099
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus viridiflora hort. ex Engl. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 376. 1883 [Mar 1883] wfo-0000402662
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus vulgaris f. negundo (Greene) Fernald – wfo-0001323627
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Rhus wallichiana Hook.f. – — wfo-0001051110