Paper · 2025 · Novon A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature

Transfer of Four New Guinean Rhus Species to Toxicodendron (Anacardiaceae)

John D. Mitchell; Susan K. Pell; Jun Wen

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Abstract

Four New Guinean species currently recognized in the genus Rhus L. (Anacardiaceae), R. caudata Lauterb., R. lamprocarpa Merr. & L. M. Perry, R. lenticellosa Lauterb., and R. linguata Slis, are transferred to Toxicodendron Mill. based on morphological and molecular data. All share the characteristic fruit of the poison ivy genus, clearly distinguishable by an exocarp separating from a white mesocarp that is striated with black resin canals. The inclusion of these species expands the known distribution of Toxicodendron eastward to New Guinea. The new combinations T. lamprocarpum (Merr. & L. M. Perry) J. D. Mitch., Pell & J. Wen, T. lenticellosum (Lauterb.) J. D. Mitch., Pell & J. Wen, and T. linguatum (Slis) J. D. Mitch., Pell & J. Wen are published. Toxicodendron dalyanum J. D. Mitch., Pell & J. Wen is published as a replacement name for R. caudata. A neotype is designated for R. caudata, and a lectotype for R. lenticellosum.

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Claims 6

Observationobservedoriginal resultbasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

Four New Guinean Rhus species are transferred to Toxicodendron on morphological and molecular data.

Taxon
RhusRhuse0
Outcome
transferred to Toxicodendrone1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Rhus
Rhus · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Dedda71 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Four New Guinean species currently recognized in the genus Rhus L. (Anacardiaceae)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–82 · show in text ↑
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“are transferred to Toxicodendron Mill. based on morphological and molecular data”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 189–269 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The four species share the characteristic fruit of the poison ivy genus, with an exocarp separating from a white mesocarp striated with black resin canals.

Taxon
RhusRhuse0
Organ / stage
fruite2
Outcome
characteristic fruite2
Qualifier
exocarp separating from a white mesocarp that is striated with black resin canalse2

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Rhus
Rhus · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Dedda71 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Four New Guinean species currently recognized in the genus Rhus L. (Anacardiaceae)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–82 · show in text ↑
e2

“All share the characteristic fruit of the poison ivy genus, clearly distinguishable by an exocarp separating from a white mesocarp that is striated with black resin canals”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 271–442 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The inclusion of these species expands the known distribution of Toxicodendron eastward to New Guinea.

Taxon
ToxicodendronToxicodendrone3
Outcome
known distribution of Toxicodendrone3
Direction
expandse3
Setting
New Guineae3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Toxicodendron
Toxicodendron · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e3

“The inclusion of these species expands the known distribution of Toxicodendron eastward to New Guinea”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 444–545 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultbasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

New combinations for three species in Toxicodendron are published.

Taxon
ToxicodendronToxicodendrone3
Outcome
new combinationse4

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Toxicodendron
Toxicodendron · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The inclusion of these species expands the known distribution of Toxicodendron eastward to New Guinea”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 444–545 · show in text ↑
e4

“The new combinations T. lamprocarpum (Merr. & L. M. Perry) J. D. Mitch., Pell & J. Wen, T. lenticellosum (Lauterb.) J. D. Mitch., Pell & J. Wen, and T. linguatum (Slis) J. D. Mitch., Pell & J. Wen are published”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 547–757 · show in text ↑
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Claim · model-written summary

Toxicodendron dalyanum is published as a replacement name for R. caudata.

Taxon
Toxicodendron dalyanume5
Outcome
replacement name for R. caudatae5

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“Toxicodendron dalyanum J. D. Mitch., Pell & J. Wen is published as a replacement name for R. caudata”

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Claim · model-written summary

A neotype is designated for R. caudata and a lectotype for R. lenticellosum.

Taxon
R. caudataRhus caudatae6
Outcome
neotype is designatede6

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“A neotype is designated for R. caudata, and a lectotype for R. lenticellosum”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 861–937 · show in text ↑