CotinusMill.

First published in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is S. Central Europe to China, E. Central & SE. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Albania, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Bulgaria, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechia-Slovakia, East Himalaya, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Mexico Northeast, Missouri, Nepal, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Oklahoma, Pakistan, Romania, South European Russia, Switzerland, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Connecticut, Germany, Great Britain, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Korea, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tadzhikistan, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont

Accepted Species

Includes 7 Accepted Species

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berry, M. (2021). Adventures and aliens news 24. BSBI News 148: 37-44.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

DateReferenceIdentified AsBarcodeType StatusHas image?
Schneider, C. [2188] ChinaK000695112Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] AlgeriaK002227253 Yes
Forrest, G. [10336] ChinaK000695111Unknown Type Material Yes
Forrest, G. [14120] ChinaK000695110Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0