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Sumac or, also spelled sumach, sumak, soumak, and sumaq, is any one of about 35 species of flowering plants in the genus Rhus and related genera, in the family Anacardiaceae. Sumac grows in subtropical and temperate regions throughout the world, especially in East Asia, Africa, and North America.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3190534	https://www.gbif.org/species/3190534
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	54685	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=54685

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Sapindales : Anacardiaceae : Rhus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Sapindales : Anacardiaceae : Rhus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
kingdom	Plantae	Haeckel 1866
phylum	Spermatophyta
class	Magnoliopsida	Cronquist et al. 1996
-	Eudicot	Doyle and Hotton 1991
order	Sapindales	Jussieu 1820
family	Anacardiaceae	Brown 1818
genus	Rhus	L.

Common Name

sumac

Scientific Name

Rhus L.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Rhus	genus	belongs to Anacardiaceae	stated without evidence	Knowlton, 1899

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (17%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. D. MacGinitie. 1941. A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 534:1-178

Common Name(s)

붉나무속, Sumac, Sumach, Sumaker

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Rhus acuminata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus allophyloides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus alvordensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus americana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus amherstensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus andrieuxii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus andrieuxis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus aromatica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus arsenei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus ashei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus bahamensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus barclayi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus bendirei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus cassioides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus caudata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus chinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus chondroloma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus ciliolata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus coloradensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus copallina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus coriaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus crystallifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus darlingtonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus dhuna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus dissecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus diversiloba species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus duckerae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus evansii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus fastigata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus franciscana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus frigida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus galeottii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus gerrardii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus glabra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus hilliae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus hypoleuca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus illinoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus integrifolia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus jaliscana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus kearneyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus kwangoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus lamprocarpa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus lanceolata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus lenticellosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus lentii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus linguata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus magnifolia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus malloryi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus membranacea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus merrilli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus metopioides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus miahuatlana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus michauxii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus microphylla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus milleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus mixta species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Rhus moragensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus muelleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus myricoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus mysorensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus mysurensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus nelsonii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus nervosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus nevadensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus nortonii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus oaxacana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus ovata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus oxyacantha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus oxyacanthoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus pachyrrhachis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus payettensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus potaninii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus praeovata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus pre species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus preintegrifolia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Rhus prelaurina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus pseudo-meriani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus pulvinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus punjabensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus rigida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus rosaefolia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus rotundifolia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus rubifolia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus salilacualis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus sandwicensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus schiedeana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus sonorensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Rhus standleyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus stellariaefolia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus subrhomboidalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus surotatensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus taishanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus tamaulipana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus tehachapiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Rhus teniana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus tepetate species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus terebinthifolia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus toxicodendroides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Rhus trifoliodes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus trilobata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus typhina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus typhinoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus varians species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus vestita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus vexans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus viburnoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus virens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhus wilsonii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Duckera F.A.Barkley	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Sapindales : Anacardiaceae : *Duckera*
Neostyphonia Shafer	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Sapindales : Anacardiaceae : *Neostyphonia*
Schmalzia Desv. ex DC.	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Sapindales : Anacardiaceae : *Schmalzia*
Terminthia Bernh.	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Sapindales : Anacardiaceae : *Terminthia*
Schmaltzia Desv. ex Small	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Sapindales : Anacardiaceae : *Schmaltzia*
Trujanoa La Llave	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Sapindales : Anacardiaceae : *Trujanoa*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1753	Rhus Linnaeus
1899	Rhus Knowlton
1941	Rhus MacGinitie
1959	Rhus Brown p. 128
2000	Rhus Mabberley

References

MacGinitie H. D. (1941) A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 534, 1-178

Knowlton F. H. Fossil Flora of the Yellowstone National Park, USGS Monograph Series 32 2

Brown R. W. (1959) A bat and some plants from the upper Oligocene of Oregon, Journal of Paleontology 33 1, 125-129

Mabberley D.J. (2000) The Plant-Book, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p.

Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature]. Web publication, available at http://botany.si.edu/ing/ (accessed August 2007). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Takhtajan, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Aronsson, Mora (2004) Thomas Karlssons Kärlväxtlista - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

SN2000/Takhtajan, 1997, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Van der Meijden, R. (2005) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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