Anacardiaceae
Pistacia

Pistacia chinensis Bunge

First published in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2: 89 (1835)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Transcaucasus, Afghanistan to China to Philippines (Luzon). It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tadzhikistan, Texas

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Diamond, A.R. & Keener, B.R. (2021). Three non-native vascular plant species new to the flora of Alabama. Castanea 86: 273-277.
  • Ovchinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1981). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 6: 1-725. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
  • Peck, J.H. & Serviss, B.E. (2011). Neptunia oleracea (Fabaceae) new to the continental United States, with new and noteworthy records of several Angiosperms in Arkansas. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 5: 321-326.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 11: 1-622. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • van Steenis, C.G.G.J. (ed.) (1974-1978). Flora Malesiana 8: 1-577. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ovchinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1981). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 6: 1-725. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
  • Peck, J.H. & Serviss, B.E. (2011). Neptunia oleracea (Fabaceae) new to the continental United States, with new and noteworthy records of several Angiosperms in Arkansas. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 5: 321-326.
  • USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 11: 1-622. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Kew's Living Collection Database

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images