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Keys to Nature Project |
| Key to Species in Family Anacardiaceae |
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Title: Key to Species in Family Anacardiaceae |
| Version: 40 |
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| Author(s): Allie Van Alstine, Norah Langat, Paul Rothrock |
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| Email: plrothroc@tayloru.edu |
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| Description: |
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| Key Structure: 1. Leaves simple; sterile pedicle plumose - Cotinus coggygria 1. Leaves compound; sterile pedicle absent - 2 2. Fruits red and glandular hairy; inflorescence dense; erect - 3 2. Fruits white/yellow and glabrous; inflorescence loose; drooping - 6 3. Leaves trifoliate; plants shrubby - Rhus aromatica 3. Leaves pinnately compound; plants small trees - 4 4. Rachis winged; leaflets 7-21 - Rhus copallina 4. Rachis not winged; leaflets 11-31 - 5 5. Petioles glabrous - Rhus glabra 5. Petioles pubescent - Rhus typhina 6. Leaflets 7-13; entire - Toxicodendron vernix 6. Leaflets 3; often shallowly lobed - 7 7. Vines climbing; aerial roots present - Toxicodendron radicans 7. Vines not climbing; aerial roots absent - Toxicodendron rydbergii |
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