Names of the southern African species of <i>Rhus</i> (Anacardiaceae) and their etymology

Abstract

Brief notes on the origin of the scientific names of all the Rhus species recognized in the recent revision of the genus (Moffett 1993) are given, as well as a complete list of common names for each species. Recommendations are also made on those species which should he added to or removed from the National list of indigenous trees.

Keywords

• Anacardiaceae
• etymology
• Rhus
• southern Africa