Name changes in the Old World <i>Rhus</i> and recognition of <i>Searsia</i> (Anacardiaceae)

2007/08/18 by Rodney Moffett · 36 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies #Plant Diversity and Evolution #Botanical Research and Chemistry #Anacardiaceae #Subgenus #Genus #Taxon #Botany #Biology #Section (typography) #Computer science

paper · pdf · doi:10.4102/abc.v37i2.311

published in Bothalia 37(2), 165-175 (AOSIS)

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Abstract

The background to and status of the genus Searsia F.A.Barkley (Anacardiaceae) is discussed and reasons given as to why it is the correct name for those Old World species in the Rhus complex fonnely regarded as subgenus Thezera (DC.) K.Koch (section Gerontogeae Engl.). An annotated list of all the accepted 111 species and 28 fiirther infraspecific taxa in Searsia is presented, and where necessary, new combinations are made and types are designated.

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• Phylogeny and Biogeography ofRhus(Anacardiaceae) Based on ITS Sequence Data

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