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The genus Rhus is in the family Anacardiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Rhus

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Rhus allophyloides Standl.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus americana (Nutt.) Sudw.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus anchietae Ficalho & Hiern	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus andrieuxii Engl.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus angolensis Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus arenaria Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus aromatica Aiton	Accepted		TRO
Rhus arsenei F.A. Barkley	Accepted		TRO
Rhus ashei (Small) Greene	Accepted		TRO
Rhus barclayi (Hemsl.) Standl.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus blanda Meikle	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus burchellii Sond. Ex Engl.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus carnosula Schönland	Accepted		TRO
Rhus chinensis Mill.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus chirindensis Baker f.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus chondroloma Standl.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus ciliata Licht. ex Schultes	Accepted		TRO
Rhus coddii R. & A. Fernandes	Accepted		TRO
Rhus coriaria L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus dentata Thunb.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus discolor E. Mey. ex Sond.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus dissecta Thunb.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus divaricata Eckl. & Zeyh.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus dumetorum Exell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus ernestii Schönland	Accepted		TRO
Rhus exelliana Meikle	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus galeotti Standl.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus gerrardii Schönland	Accepted		TRO
Rhus glabra L.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus gossweileri Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus gracilipes Exell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus gracillima Engl.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus gueinzii Sond.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus humpatensis Meikle	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus hypoleuca Champ. ex Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus jaliscana Standl.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus kirkii Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus kwangoensis (Van der Veken) Kokwaro	Accepted		TRO
Rhus laevigata L.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus lancea L. f.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus lanceolata (A. Gray) Britton	Accepted		TRO
Rhus leptodictya Diels	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus longipes Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus lucida L.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus magalismontana Sond.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus microphylla Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus mollis Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Rhus montana Diels	Accepted		TRO
Rhus muelleri Standl. & F.A. Barkley	Accepted		TRO
Rhus natalensis Bernh. ex C.Krauss	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus nelsonii F.A. Barkley	Accepted		TRO
Rhus nitida Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus nortonii (Greene) Rydb.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus obtusata (Engl.) Meikle	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus occidentalis (Torr.) Greene	Accepted		TRO
Rhus orientalis (Greene) C.K. Schneid.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus oxyacanthoides (Greene) Rydb.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus pachyrrhachis Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus pallens Eckl. & Zeyh.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus palmeri Rose	Accepted		TRO
Rhus pendulina Jacq.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus perrieri (Courchet) H. Perrier	Accepted		TRO
Rhus potaninii Maxim.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus punjabensis J.L. Stewart ex Brandis	Accepted		TRO
Rhus quartiniana A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus rehmanniana Engl.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus rigida Mill.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus rogersii Schönland	Accepted		TRO
Rhus rosmarinifolia Vahl	Accepted		TRO
Rhus rubifolia Turcz.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus schiedeana Schltdl.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus squalida Meikle	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus standleyi F.A. Barkley	Accepted		TRO
Rhus × stenophylla Eckl. & Zeyh.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus striata Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus tamaulipana B.L. Turner	Accepted		TRO
Rhus taratana (Baker) H. Perrier	Accepted		TRO
Rhus teniana Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus tenuinervis Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus terebinthifolia Schltdl. & Cham.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus thouarsii (Engl.) H. Perrier	Accepted		TRO
Rhus transvaalensis Engl.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus trilobata Nutt.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus tumulicola S. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Rhus typhina L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus undulata Jacq.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus vestita Loes.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus virens Lindh. ex A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Rhus wellmannii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Rhus wilsonii Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Rhus zeyheri Sond.	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 584 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Rhus. Of these 91 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 124 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Rhus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 584 species names for the genus Rhus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	91	15.6%
◕	Synonym	128	21.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	365	62.5%

All names

The status of the 708 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Rhus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	106	15.0%
◕	Synonym	229	32.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	373	52.7%

Of these names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 584 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Rhus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	76	117	0	0	193	33.0%
	Low confidence	15	11	0	365	391	67.0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Rhus, are as follows: