GENUS CODE: COTIN GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Cotinus GENUS AUTHORITY: Mill. GENUS COMMON: Smoketree GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of 4-8 species, of se. and sc. North America and temperate Eurasia. GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES: Barkley (1937)=Z; Pell et al. in Kubitzki (2011).
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: ANACAR FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Anacardiaceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: R. Brown 1818, nom. cons. FAMILY COMMON: Cashew Family FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 70-81 genera and about 800-875 species, trees, shrubs, lianas, and rarely herbs, of tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions. Our representatives are all classed in subfamily Anacardioideae (Pell et al. 2011). FAMILY REFERENCE: Pell et al. in Kubitzki (2011); Barkley (1937).
USDA Symbol: COCO10
USDA Common Name: European Smoketree
Native Status: L48 (I), CAN (I)
Distribution: USA (CT, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, OH, PA, UT, VT), CAN (ON)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Tree,Shrub
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cotinus coggygria
COMMON NAME: European Smoketree
SYNONYMY: [= Il, K1, K2, Pa]
PHENOLOGY: May-Jun.
HABITAT: Suburban areas; native of Europe and Asia.
COMMENTS: C. coggygria is planted as an ornamental, and is reported as naturalized in various states in ne. United States. There is little evidence of its true naturalization or persistence in our area.
RANGE MAP: Cotinus coggygria.png
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Anacardiaceae R. Brown 1818, nom. cons. (Cashew Family) SUMMARY: A family of about 70-81 genera and about 800-875 species, trees, shrubs, lianas, and rarely herbs, of tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions. Our representatives are all classed in subfamily Anacardioideae (Pell et al. 2011). REFERENCE: Pell et al. in Kubitzki (2011); Barkley (1937).ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Cotinus Mill. (Smoketree) SUMMARY: A genus of 4-8 species, of se. and sc. North America and temperate Eurasia. REFERENCE: Barkley (1937)=Z; Pell et al. in Kubitzki (2011).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Cotinus coggygria in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) UNC SERNEC: Find Cotinus coggygria in
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)