Sumac

Sumac
Temporal range: Ypresian–Recent
Sumac fruit in the autumn season
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Subfamily: Anacardioideae
Genus: Rhus
L.[1]
Type species
Rhus coriaria
Species

About 35 species; see text

Synonyms[3]
List
    • Duckera F.A.Barkley
    • Festania Raf.
    • Lobadium Raf.
    • Melanococca Blume
    • Neostyphonia Shafer
    • Pocophorum Neck.
    • Rhoeidium Greene
    • Styphonia Nutt.
    • Sumacus Raf.
    • Thezera Raf.
    • Turpinia Raf.

Sumac or sumach[a] (/ˈsmæk, ˈʃ-/ S(H)OO-mak, UK also /ˈsj-/) is any of about 35 species of flowering plants in the genus Rhus and related genera in the cashew family (Anacardiaceae). Sumacs grow in subtropical and temperate regions throughout every continent except Antarctica and South America.[4][5][6] Sumac is used as a spice, as a dye, and in medicine.

  1. ^ "Rhus L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
  2. ^ "Rhus L." TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
  3. ^ "Rhus L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Rhus in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  5. ^ "USDA Plants Database". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  6. ^ Miller, Allison J.; Young, David A.; Wen, Jun (2001). "Phylogeny and Biogeography of Rhus (Anacardiaceae) Based on ITS Sequence Data". International Journal of Plant Sciences. pp. 1401–1407. doi:10.1086/322948. Retrieved 20 September 2023.


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