- Family:
- Anacardiaceae R.Br.
Pistacia L.

[FTEA]
Anacardiaceae, J. O. Kokwaro (University of Nairobi). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1986
- Morphology General Habit
- Dioecious shrubs or trees with resinous bark
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, pinnate (consistently paripinnate in the Flora area), rarely simple or 3-foliolate; leaflets opposite or less often subalternate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers in axillary panicles, racemes or spikes, without a perianth but surrounded by 1–3 small bracts and (1–)2–7 tepal-like bracteoles
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 3–5(–8), inserted on disk; filaments short, with large basifixed anthers
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary subglobose or ovoid, 1-locular; style short, (2–)3-lobed; ovule pendulous from an ascending funicle
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Drupe globose or ovoid, compressed, with a chartaceous epicarp, thin mesocarp and a woody endocarp
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seed 1, compressed.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Trees or shrubs with resinous bark, dioecious
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, pinnate, rarely simple or 3-foliolate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Flowers in axillary paniculate or subspicate inflorescences, without a perianth but surrounded by 1–3 small bracts and up to 7 tepal-like bracteoles
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Male flowers with 3–5(–8) stamens inserted on disk, filaments very short, anthers basifixed Female flowers with 1-celled ovary; style short, (2–)3-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Drupes globose or ovoid, compressed.
- Distribution
- Some 12 species, mainly in the Mediterranean region to western Asia, but also in south-east Asia, China, the Atlantic Islands, Mexico and southern USA.
- Note
- The flowers of Pistacia are unusual in that they lack a true perianth, and are surrounded by bracts and bracteoles.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Hainan, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Malaya, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, North Caucasus, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah
- Pistacia aethiopica Kokwaro
- Pistacia atlantica Desf.
- Pistacia chinensis Bunge
- Pistacia eurycarpa Yalt.
- Pistacia falcata Becc. ex Martelli
- Pistacia khinjuk Stocks
- Pistacia lentiscus L.
- Pistacia mexicana Kunth
- Pistacia × saportae Burnat
- Pistacia terebinthus L.
- Pistacia vera L.
- Pistacia weinmanniifolia J.Poiss. ex Franch.
Pistacia L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Davis [D37576], Turkey | K000731760 | No |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 1025 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.
Literature
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 450 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 1025 (1753)
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0