Toxicodendron vernix: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Toxicodendron
- Species
- Toxicodendron vernix
- Scientific Name
- Toxicodendron vernix
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Toxicodendron vernix
Toxicodendron vernix, commonly known as poison sumac, or swamp-sumach, is a woody shrub or small tree growing to 9 metres (30 feet) tall. It was previously known as Rhus vernix. This plant is also known as thunderwood, particularly where it occurs in the southern United States.
Like its toxic relatives poison ivy and poison oak, all parts of the plant contain a resin called urushiol, which causes skin and mucous membrane irritation to humans. When the plant is burned, inhalation of the smoke may cause the rash to appear on the lining of the lungs, causing extreme pain and possibly fatal respiratory difficulty.
...Toxicodendron vernix in languages:
- Chinese
- 毒漆
- English
- poison sumac
- English
- thunderwood
- English
- Poison Shumake
- English
- White shoe-make
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Toxicodendron acuminatum
- Toxicodendron bimannii
- Toxicodendron borneense
- Toxicodendron calcicola
- Toxicodendron delavayi
- Toxicodendron diversilobum
- Toxicodendron fulvum
- Toxicodendron grandiflorum
- Toxicodendron griffithii
- Toxicodendron hirtellum
- Toxicodendron khasianum
- Toxicodendron nodosum
- Toxicodendron orientale
- Toxicodendron pubescens
- Toxicodendron quinquefoliolatum
- Toxicodendron radicans
- Toxicodendron rhetsoides
- Toxicodendron rostratum
- Toxicodendron rydbergii
- Toxicodendron striatum
- Toxicodendron succedaneum
- Toxicodendron sylvestre
- Toxicodendron trichocarpum
- Toxicodendron vernicifluum
- Toxicodendron vernix
- Toxicodendron wallichii
- Toxicodendron yunnanense
- Toxicodendron × lobadioides





























































































































































