list of Latin and synonymous common names of - University of ...

Arceuthobium americanum Nutt.ex Engelm. (American dwarf mistletoe, pine mistletoe)
Arceuthobium pusillum Peck. (Razoumofskya pusilla (Peck) Kuntze) (dwarf mistletoe, eastern dwarf
mistletoe, small mistletoe)
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. ssp. umbellata (bastard toadflax, star toadflax)
Geocaulon lividum (Rich.) Fern (Comandra lividum Rich.). (northern comandra, northern commandra)
Order Sapindales
Anacardiaceae (cashew family, sumac family)
Cotinus coggygria Scop. (smoke tree) (ornamental – in my opinion, the ugliest ornamental ever)*
Mangifera indica (mango) (ornamental)*
Pistacia vera L. (pistachio nut)*
Rhus aromatica Ait. (fragrant sumac, lemon sumac, lemonade berry, polecat-bush, squaw-bush)
Rhus copallinum L. (Rhus copallina L., orth. var.) (dwarf sumac, shining sumac, upland sumac, wingrib
sumac) (mostly in the Carolinian zone in Ontario but some near Cardinal, Ontario [planted?])
Rhus glabra L. (Rhus borealis Greene, Rhus calophylla Greene) (scarlet sumac, smooth sumac)
(eastern Lake Ontario)
Rhus pulvinata Greene (Rhus x pulvinata E. Greene - glabra x typha) (Greene's sumac, hybrid sumac,
northern smooth sumac)
Rhus typhina L. (Datisca hirta L., Rhus hirta (L.) Sudw.) (staghorn-sumac, velvet sumac)
Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (Brazilian pepper tree, Christmas tree) (ornamental – I‟ve yet to see it
escape in Canada or anywhere north of the California-Texas-Florida-Hawaii regions)*
Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze ssp. radicans (Rhus radicans L.) (climbing poison-ivy, cow-itch,
eastern poison-ivy, markry, mercury, poison ivy)
Toxicodendron rydbergii (Small ex Rydb.) Greene (Rhus rydbergii Small ex Rydb., Toxicodendron
desertorum Lunell) (Rydberg‟s poison-ivy, western poison-ivy)
Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze (Rhus vernix L.) (poison dogwood, poison elder, poison sumac,
swamp sumac)
Rutaceae (citrus family, rue family)
Ptelea trifoliata L. ssp. trifoliata var. trifoliata (Ptelea baldwinii Torr. & A. Gray, Ptelea microcarpa Small,
Ptelea serrata Small, Ptelea trifoliata L. var. deamiana Nieuwl. (common hop-tree, hoptree,
shrubby-trefoil, stinking-ash, three-leaved hop-tree, wafer ash)
Ruta graveolens L. (common rue, garden rue herb-of-grace)*
Zanthoxylum americanum Mill. (American prickly-ash, ash-leaved rue, northern prickly ash, pain-in-the-
ass bush, rip bush, toothache bush, toothache tree)
Sapindaceae (soapberry family) [includes Aceraceae {maple family}, Hippocatanaceae {buckeye family}]
Acer campestre L. (field maple, hedge maple) (ornamental)*
Acer capillipes Maxim. (red snake-bark maple) (ornamental)*
Acer cappadocicum Gled. (cappadocian maple) (ornamental)*
Acer cissifolium (Sieb. & Zucc.) K. Koch. (Japanese vine-leaved maple) (ornamental)*
Acer crataegifolium Sieb. & Zucc. (Japanese hawthorn-leaved maple, Japanese maple) (ornamental)*
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