Searsia pyroides

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Anacardiaceae
Subfamilia: Anacardioideae
Genus: Searsia
Species: Searsia pyroides
Varietates: S. p. var. dinteri – S. p. var. gracilis – S. p. var. integrifolia – S. p. var. pyroides

Name[edit]

Searsia pyroides (Burch.) Moffett, Bothalia 37: 171 (2007).

Synonymy[edit]

Rhus baurii Schonl.
Rhus hirta Harv. ex Engl.
Rhus intermedia Schonl.
Rhus puberula Eckl. & Zeyh.
Rhus pyroides Burch.
Rhus tridentata Sond.
Rhus villosa Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Rhus vulgaris Meikle
Searsia pyroides (A.Rich.) T.S.Yi, A.J.Mill. & J.Wen
Toxicodendron pyrodes (Burch.) Kuntze
Toxicodendron tridentatum (Sond.) Kuntze

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- - South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, E-D.R. Congo (Zaire), Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, E-Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References[edit]

Moffett, R.O. 2007. Name changes in the Old World Rhus and recognition of Searsia (Anacardiaceae). Bothalia 37(2): 165–175. DOI: 10.4102/abc.v37i2.311 Reference page.

Links[edit]

Hassler, M. 2018. Searsia pyroides. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Searsia pyroides. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 12 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Searsia pyroides in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 12.

Vernacular names[edit]

Afrikaans: Brandtaaibos, Gewone taaibos
English: Fire thorn, Common wild currant, Common currant-rhus
Sesotho: Koditshane
Setswana: Mogodiri
Tshivenda: Mogodiri
isiZulu: Nhlokoshiyane

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