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Anacardiaceae
Pistacia

not marked as a favorite taxon Pistacia Linnaeus. Common name: Pistachio.

A genus of about 12 species, trees and shrubs, of tropical and temperate Asia, n. Africa. Mediterranean Europe, and s. North America and c. America.

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Subfamily: Anacardioideae.

References: Pell et al. In Kubitzki (2011); Pell, Mitchell, & Miller (2024) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2024). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Pistacia© Aidan Campos | Pistacia chinensis source
image #2 of Pistacia© Richard & Teresa Ware | Pistacia chinensis CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG

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