Anacardiaceae R.Br.
Schinus L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 388 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
  • Comment: Gender of this genus is treated as feminine following ICN Art. 62.1 and Art. 62 Note 1 (Shenzhen Code, 2018). See S.Zona, Phytotaxa 222: 75-77 (2015).
Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 184 [secondary reference]
  • Type: (not designated).
Hitchcock, A.S. in Ramsbottom, J., Wilmott, A.J., Wakefield, E.M. & Sprague, T.A. (ed.) (August 1929), The application of Linnean generic names to be determined by means of specified Standard-species. Nomenclature: Proposals by British Botanists: 153 [secondary reference]
  • Type: Schinus molle L.
Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 544 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "Greek name of the resin-exuding Mastic tree, Pistacia Lentiscus, L., a member of the same family."
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 326 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 64 [secondary reference]
Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Anacardiaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 198 [secondary reference]
Reynolds, S.T. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Anacardiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 491 [secondary reference]
Jessup, L.W. in George, A.S. (ed.) (25 December 1985), Anacardiaceae. Flora of Australia 25: 181 APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Taylor, M.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Anacardiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 2: 284 [secondary reference]
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Anacardiaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 151-152 [secondary reference]
Taylor, M.J. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Anacardiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 333-334 [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 776 [secondary reference]
Zona, S. (2015), The correct gender of Schinus (Anacardiaceae). Phytotaxa 222(1): 76 [secondary reference]
  • Text: "Therefore, Schinus should be regarded as feminine, and its adjectival epithets should also be feminine."