Taxon:
Rhus copallinum L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:266. 1753
Comment:
specific epithet published consistently as a noun ("Copallinum") by Linnaeus (in Sp. pl. ed. 1, ed. 2; Syst. nat. ed. 10.) and retains its gender and termination irrespective of the gender of the generic name (Shenzhen ICN 23.5)
Verified:
02/23/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Clark, R. C. 1971. The woody plants of Alabama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58:194. URL: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/702#/summary Note: lists as "copallina"
- Dayton, W. A. 1952. Some notes on United States tree names. Rhodora 54:79. Note: advocates treatment of "Copallinum" as typographic error, correctible to "copallina"
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen Note: lists as "copallina"
- Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: lists as "copallina"
- Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
- Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976) Note: lists as "copallina"
- Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption Note: lists as "copallina"
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. Note: lists as "copallina"
- Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541 Note: lists as "copallina"
- Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan. Note: lists as "copallina"
- Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Note: lists as "copallina"
- Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. Note: lists as "copallina"
- Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana. Note: lists as "copallina"
- Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource). URL: https://herbarium.utk.edu/vascular/vascular-database.php?CategoryID=Dicots&FamilyID=Anacardiaceae&GenusID=Rhus&SpeciesID=copallinum
- 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
- 2018. Oklahoma vascular plant database URL: http://www.oklahomaplantdatabase.org/
Common names
English
black sumac – dwarf sumac – mountain sumac – shining sumac – winged sumac – German
Korall-Sumach –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Ontario | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Iowa | s.e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Kansas | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Nebraska | s.e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Wisconsin | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Connecticut | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Indiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maine | s.w. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Massachusetts | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Michigan | s. & c. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Hampshire | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Jersey | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New York | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Ohio | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Rhode Island | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Vermont | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | West Virginia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Delaware | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | w. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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EASTERN CANADA:
Canada [Ontario (s.)]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine (s.w.), Massachusetts, Michigan (s. & c.), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Illinois, Iowa (s.e.), Kansas (e.), Missouri, Nebraska (s.e.), Oklahoma, Wisconsin]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
Southern America
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976) Note: lists as "copallina" |
Human food | fruit | | Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption Note: lists as "copallina" |