Schinus polygama (Cav.) Cabrera

Native to:

Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South

Introduced into:

California, Tadzhikistan

Homotypic Synonyms

Duvaua dependens DC. in Prodr. 2: 74 (1825), nom. superfl.
Schinus dependens Ortega in Nov. Pl. Descr. Dec.: 102 (1798), nom. superfl.
Amyris polygama Cav. in Icon. 3: 20 (1795)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Duvaua crenata Phil. in Fl. Atacam.: 14 (1860)
Duvaua cuneata Gillies ex Hook. & Arn. in Bot. Misc. 3: 176 (1833)
Duvaua dentata DC. in Prodr. 2: 74 (1825)
Duvaua dependens var. obovata Arechav. in Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 3: 300 (1901)
Duvaua dependens var. ovata Arechav. in Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 3: 300 (1901)
Duvaua dependens var. parviflora Arechav. in Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 3: 300 (1901)
Duvaua inebrians Gillies ex Hook. & Arn. in Bot. Misc. 3: 176 (1833)
Duvaua ornata F.Phil. in Cat. Pl. Vasc. Chil.: 47 (1881), orth. var.
Duvaua ovata Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1568 (1833)
Duvaua polygama Kunth in Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 2: 340 (1824)
Duvaua praecox f. montana Griseb. in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 92 (1879)
Duvaua spinescens Ten. in Cat. Orto Bot. Napoli: 85 (1845)
Lithraea crenata Phil. in Linnaea 33: 39 (1864)
Piptocelus myrianthus Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 449 (1858)
Schinus bonplandiana Marchand in Rév. Anacardiac.: 164 (1869)
Schinus crenata (Phil.) Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 423 (1881)
Schinus dentata Andrews in Bot. Repos. 10: t. 620 (1811)
Schinus dependens var. brevifolia Fenzl ex Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 387 (1876)
Schinus dependens var. longifolia Fenzl ex Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 388 (1876)
Schinus dependens var. obovata Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 387 (1876)
Schinus dependens var. ovata (Lindl.) Marchand in Rév. Anacardiac.: 164 (1869)
Schinus dependens var. parviflora Marchand in Rév. Anacardiac.: 164 (1869)
Schinus huigan Molina in Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili: 169 (1782)
Schinus huigan var. dentata (DC.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 45 (1898)
Schinus huigan var. ovata (Lindl.) Dippel in Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 388 (1892)
Schinus huigan var. undulata Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 45 (1898)
Schinus molle var. huigan (Molina) Marchand in Rév. Anacardiac.: 164 (1869)
Schinus polygama var. chilensis F.A.Barkley in Brittonia 5: 175 (1944)
Schinus polygama f. crenata (Phil.) Cabrera in Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 2: 32 (1938)
Schinus polygama f. ovata (Lindl.) Cabrera in Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 2: 34 (1938)
Schinus polygama f. parviflora (Arechav.) Cabrera in Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 2: 34 (1938)
Schinus polygama var. parviflora (Arechav.) F.A.Barkley in Brittonia 5: 176 (1944)
Condalia infectoria Reissek in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(1): 90 (1861)
Amyris dioica Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 81 (1840), not validly publ.

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Sapindales

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Family
Anacardiaceae

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Genus
Schinus

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Species
Schinus polygama

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Rodríguez, R., Grau, J., Baeza, C. & Davies, A. (2008). Lista comentada de las plantas vasculares de los Nevados de Chillan, Chile. Gayana. Botánica 65: 153-197.
Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Ovchinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1981). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 6: 1-725. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
Rodríguez, R., Grau, J., Baeza, C. & Davies, A. (2008). Lista comentada de las plantas vasculares de los Nevados de Chillan, Chile. Gayana. Botánica 65: 153-197.
USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Date	Reference	Identified As	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
Jan 1, 1983	s.coll. [s.n.]		K000695367	Isotype	Yes
Jan 1, 1983	Cuming, H. [368] Chile	Schinus dependens	K000537432	Syntype	Yes
Jan 1, 1983	Bridges [1337] Chile	Schinus dependens	K000537428	Type	Yes
	Cuming, H. [368] Chile	Schinus dependens	K000537429	Syntype	Yes
	Lorentz [s.n.] Argentina	Schinus dependens	K000537434	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Lorentz [s.n.] Argentina	Schinus dependens	K000537433	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Schickendantz, F. [246] Argentina	Schinus dependens	K000537435	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Bridges [169] Chile	Schinus dependens	K000537427	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Macrae [s.n.] Chile	Schinus dependens	K000537431	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Argentina	Schinus dependens	K000537430	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Lorentz [173] Argentina	Schinus dependens	K000537437	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Chile	Schinus dependens	K000537426	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Bridges [169] Chile	Schinus dependens	K000537425	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Argentina	Schinus dependens	K000537436	Type	Yes
	Mandon [768] Bolivia	Schinus dependens	K000537443	Isotype	Yes
	Henchie & Shine Expe'd to Chile [107] Chile	Schinus crenata	K001614671		Yes
	Chile	Schinus crenata	K000537422	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Chile	Schinus crenata	K000537423	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Pearce, R. [s.n.] Chile	Schinus crenata	K000537421	Unknown Type Material	Yes

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Schinus polygama (Cav.) Cabrera

Distribution

Native to:

Introduced into:

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

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Other Data

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Herbarium Catalogue (19 records)

Sources

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

IUCN Categories

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index