New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Rhus

Rhus aromatica
Rhus aromatica Ait. 

By Susan Pell

Not peer reviewed

Last Modified 08/02/2013

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Nomenclature

Rhus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 265. 1753.

Key to the species of Rhus

 

List of Rhus Species

Rhus aromatica Rhus copallinum Rhus glabra Rhus typhina

References to Rhus

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  • Anonymous 1974. Rhus glabra L.: Smooth sumac, scarlet sumac, member of the family Anacardiaceae. Davidsonia 5(3): 32-4.
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  • Barkley, F. A. 1937. A monographic study of Rhus and its immediate allies in North and Central America, including West Indies. Missouri Bot. Gard. Bull. 24: 265-498.
  • Barkley, F. A.; Barkley, E. D. 1938. A short history of Rhus to the time of Linnaeus. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 19: 265-333.
  • Bogacinski, B.; Molski, B. 1969. Morphology and anatomy of the sumac fruit - Rhus typhina L., Tourn. Roczn. Dendrol. 23: 165-183. (In Polish; English summary)
  • Boyd, I. L. 1943. Germination tests on four species of sumac. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 46: 85-6.
  • Boyd, I. L. 1944. An ecological study of four species of sumac in relation to development and growth on eroded soil. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 47: 51-59.
  • Brizicky, George K. 1962. The genera of Anacardiaceae in the Southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 43: 359-75.
  • Brizicky, George K. 1963. Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the genus Rhus (Anacardiaceae). J. Arnold Arbor. 44: 60-80.
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  • Carter, G. A.; Teramura, A. H. 1988. Vine photosynthesis and relationships to climbing mechanics in a forest understory. Amer. J. Bot. 75: 1011-8.
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  • Doorenbos, N. J.; Box, C. O. 1976. Cultivation of Rhus glabra L. and Rhus copallina L. J. Mississippi Acad. Sci. 21: 55-7.
  • Doust, J. L.; Doust, L. L. 1988. Modules of production and reproduction in a dioecious clonal shrub, Rhus typhina. Ecology 69: 741-50.
  • Engler, A. 1881. Uber die morphologischen Verholtnisse und die geographische Verbreitung der Gattung Rhus, wie der mit ihr verwandten, lebenden und ausgestrobenen Anacardiaceae. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 365-426. (In German)
  • Farmer, R. E.; Lockley, G. C.; Cunningham, M. 1982. Germination patterns of the sumacs, Rhus glabra and R. copallina: effects of scarification time, temperature and genotype. Seed Sci. Tech. 10: 223-231.
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  • Gallant, J. B.; Kemp, J. R.; Lacroix, C. R. 1998. Floral development of dioecious staghorn sumac, Rhus hirta (Anacardiaceae). Int. J. Plant Sci. 159: 539-549.
  • Gilbert, E. F. 1966. Structure and development of sumac clones. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 75: 432-45. (see also Larch & Sakai in Mich. Bot. 22: 3-9, 1983)
  • Gilbert, E. F. 1961. Phenology of sumacs. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 66: 286-300.
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  • Greene, E. 1906. A study of Rhus glabra. Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. 8: 167-96.
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  • Hardin, J. W.; Phillips, L. L. 1985. Atlas of foliar surface features in woody plants, VII.Rhus subg. Rhus (Anacardiaceae) of North America. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 112: 1-10.
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  • Jaquish, L. L.; Ewers, F. W. 2001. Seasonal conductivity and embolism in the roots and stems of two clonal ring-porous trees, Sassafras albidum (Lauraceae) and Rhus typhina (Anacardiaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 88: 206-212.
  • Jeune, B. 1987. MorphogenÞse foliaire du Rhus typhina L. (Anacardiaceae). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 9: 445-57. (In French)
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  • Little, E. L. 1945. Miscellaneous notes on nomenclature of United States trees. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 33: 495-513.
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