Anacardiaceae-Sumac Family
by Susan Pell
Not peer reviewed
Last modified: 03/11/2010
Key to the genera of Anacardiaceae
1. Leaves simple; pedicels elongating after flowering; inflorescence plumose in
fruit...Cotinus
1. Leaves
compound; pedicels not elongating; inflorescence not plumose...2
2. Fruits red, glandular-pubescent; inflorescences dense,
terminal, or lateral on year-old twigs...Rhus
2. Fruits whitish or yellowish, smooth or slightly hairy; inflorescences
loose, axillary...Toxicodendron