Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics

Schinus L.
PEPPERTREE
The product pink peppercorns comes from Schinus molle.

Classification

SAPINDALES
Schinus

Citation

SCHINUS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 388. 1753.
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TYPE: Schinus molle Linnaeus Lectotypified by Hitchcock, in M. L. Green et al., Prop. Brit. Bot. 153. 1929.

Species

Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Schinus terebinthifolia BRAZILIAN PEPPER Not Native FAC (NWPL) Y AD (WAP) FAC (DEP)

[Family identification key]

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms

Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Duvaua Duvaua Kunth, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 2: 340. 1824. TYPE: Duvaua dependens (Ortega) de Candolle (Schinus dependens Ortega)
Molle Molle Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754. TYPE: = Schinus Linnaeus 1753.
Piperodendron Piperodendron Heister ex Fabricius, Enum. 218. 1759. TYPE: Schinus molle Linnaeus = Schinus Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification.
Sarcotheca Sarcotheca Truczaninow, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(1): 474. 1858, non Blume 1850-1851. TYPE: Sarcotheca bahiensis Turczaninow