Tapiscia

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Tapiscia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/tapiscia/). Accessed 2024-04-26.

Family

Staphyleaceae

Species in genus

Tapiscia sinensis

Glossary

family: A group of genera more closely related to each other than to genera in other families. Names of families are identified by the suffix ‘-aceae’ (e.g. Myrtaceae) with a few traditional exceptions (e.g. Leguminosae).

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Tapiscia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/tapiscia/). Accessed 2024-04-26.

Despite a reputation for tenderness this specimen of Tapiscia sinensis is thriving at the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden, Vancouver (June 2023). Image John Grimshaw.

The generic name Tapiscia is an anagram of Pistacia, to which this species, the only one of its genus, bears some resemblance. Its taxonomic position is uncertain, and it should perhaps rank, with one other genus, as a distinct family, near to the Staphyleaceae, in which it is usually placed.

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