What is Schinus?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Schinus'' | image =Starr_031108-0096_Schinus_terebinthifolius.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Schinus terebinthifolius'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Sapindales]] | familia = [[Anacardiaceae]] | genus = ''Schinus'' | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }} [[image:sch.areira.JPG|thumb|240px|Schinus areira flowers]] '''''Schinus''''' is a large genus of Anacardiaceae.<ref>Barkley F. A. 1944. Schinus L.[https://link.springer.com/article/10.2307/2804751 Brittonia 5: 160-198]</ref> They are commonly known as '''pepper trees'''. They prefer tropic subhumid zones. Californian pepper tree ''S.areira'' native from Mexico to South America. Various species grown as ornamental, e.g. ''[[Schinus areira|S.areira]]'', and Brazilian pepper ''S.terebinthifolius''. ==Other websites== *[http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&ibra=all&card=E37 weed behaviour] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221053636/http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&ibra=all&card=E37 |date=2007-12-21 }} *[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?417400 Germplasm Resources Information Network] *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SCMO USDA] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Trees]] [[Category:Anacardiaceae]]