Searsia

Searsia mysorensis (G.Don) Moffett

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Binomial Habit Notes References Distribution

Rhus mysorensis G. Don. (synonym for Searsia mysorensis (G.Don) Moffett) Small shrub Dry Evergreen to Dry Deciduous Forests Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983 Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Madurai, Theni, Tiruvannamalai
Rhus paniculata Wall. ex Hook. f. (syn. of Searsia paniculata (Wall. ex G.Don) Moffett) Small tree Deciduous Forests Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983 Madurai, Puddukkottai 
Rhus tomentosa L. (syn. of Searsia tomentosa (L.) F.A. Barkley) Shrub or small tree Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Chandra & Ghosh , 1979 Nilgiri

  

Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 7.1.14 :

 

Botanical name Family Common name

Rhus mysorensis (synonym for Searsia mysorensis (G.Don) Moffett) Anacardiaceae Mysore Sumac

  

 

Some species found in India with description & keys from Flora of Pakistan (Distribution):  

  • Rhus javanica L. (syn: Rhus chinensis Miller; Rhus semialata Murray) (N.W. & W. Himalaya to Nepal, Sikkim, China, Japan) (? Rhus javanica auct. = Rhus chinensis Mill. ((=) Rhus semialata Murray) as per GRIN)
  • Rhus mysurensis Heyne ex Wight & Arn. (synonym for Searsia mysorensis (G.Don) Moffett) (S.E. & W. Punjab, Sind and Rajputana (India))
  • Rhus punjabensis J.L. Stewart ex Brandis (N.W. Himalaya from Kashmir to Kumaon)
  • Rhus succedanea L. (syn. of Toxicodendron succedaneum (L.) Kuntze)
  • Rhus succedanea var. himalaica J.D. Hooker (The temperate Himalaya from Swat to Nepal) is a synonym of Toxicodendron vernicifluum (Stokes) F.A. Barkley

  • Rhus dhuna Buch.-Ham. ex Hook. f. (Nepal)
  • Rhus hookeri Sahni & Bahadur (Himalaya (Nepal to Bhutan), Assam) (syn. of Toxicodendron hookeri (Sahni & Bahadur) C.Y. Wu & T.L. Ming)
  • Rhus javanica Miller (syn: Rhus chinensis Mill.; Rhus semialata Murray) (? Rhus javanica auct. = Rhus chinensis Mill. ((=) Rhus semialata Murray) as per GRIN)
  • Rhus parviflora Roxb. (Himalaya (Kumaun to Bhutan), India, Ceylon) = Searsia parviflora (Roxb.) F. A. Barkley
  • Rhus punjabensis J. L. Stewart (Himalaya (Kashmir to Bhutan))
  • Rhus succedanea L. (syn. of Toxicodendron succedaneum (L.) Kuntze)
  • Rhus succedanea var. sphaerocarpa Hook. f. (Himalaya (Kashmir to Bhutan), Khasia)
  • Rhus succedanea var. succedanea L. (syn. of Toxicodendron succedaneum (L.) Kuntze) (Himalaya (Kashmir to Bhutan), Assam, Tibet, Burma, Thailand, east to China)
  • Rhus wallichii Hook. f. (Himalaya (Garhwal to Bhutan)) (syn. of Toxicodendron wallichii (Hook. fil.) Kuntze)

     

    • Species with description & keys in Flora of China (Distribution other than China):
    Rhus chinensis var. chinensis (Rhus osbeckii Decaisne ex Steudel; R. semialata Murray; R. semialata var. osbeckii Candolle; Schinus indicus N. L. Burman.) (The name Rhus javanica Linnaeus has been misapplied to this taxon.) [Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam].
     
    Forest Plants of Eastern India By Amal Bhusan Chaudhuri (1993- Brief details-
    Rhus griffithii Hook. f. is a synonym of Toxicodendron griffithii (Hook. fil.) Kuntze
     
    Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004)- Details-
     
    Trees of Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, S. Sandhya Rani (Details with Keys-
    Rhus paniculata Wall. ex G. Don is a synonym of (syn. of Searsia paniculata (Wall. ex G.Don) Moffett))

     

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