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'Rhus' is the genus and 'toxicodendron' the species in the scientific name 'Rhus toxicodendron'. The genus name refers to the Sumac members of the Anacardioideae subfamily. The specific epithet 'toxicodendron' is an alert to the plant's urushiol oil. The oil may cause severe allergic reactions in humans. Wildlife won't react to the oil, but they may be carriers of the reaction when their body parts make contact with the oil and then are touched by humans.
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What is the scientific name for poison oak?
Poison oak can refer to one of two species of the genus Toxicodendron that are native to North America. Toxicodendron diversilobum, or Rhus diversiloba, which is the Western Poison oak, or Toxicodendron pubescens, or Rhus pubescens, which is the Atlantic Poison oak.
What is the Latin 'Rhus toxicodendron' in English?
Rhus toxicodendron is commonly known as poison ivy in English.
What is the scientific name 'Rhus toxicodendron' in English?
'Toxic sumac tree' may be an English equivalent of 'Rhus toxicodendron'. The Greek word 'Rhus' refers to the 'Sumac' members of the Anacardioidea subfamily. The Greek word 'toxicodendron' means 'toxic tree'.
What is the species name for Rhus toxicodendron?
'Poison ivy' is the common name for Rhus toxicodendron. Two of the plant's hallmark characteristics are leaves growing in groups of three and berries turning white for a part of their season. That's why the saying warns of 'leaves of three, don't touch me' and 'berries of white, run in fright'.
Would the remedy rhus toxicodendron cause an unknown growth mass in the body?
No
Can Rhus toxicodendron cause side effects?
The only side effects are individual aggravations that may occur with homeopathic remedies.
What does Rhus mean?
Rhus is a genus of plants and the term can be loosely translated as "red".
Is the sumac plant always poisonous?
No, African sumac [Rhus lancea] isn't poisonous to animals. But it's a close relative of poison ivy [Toxicodendron radicans]. So all parts of the tree contain the urushiol oil to which many humans are allergic.
Poison ivy what is its species identifier?
Poison Ivy is known as Rhus toxicodendron. Its Species Identifier is toxicodendron; its Species Name is Rhus.In Linnaeus' system of classification (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species), the species name (also called the scientific name) of an organism has two parts. The first part of the name is the Genus, and the second part is the Species Identifier, usually a descriptive word.
What is rhus toxicodendron 4x hpus?
From what I understand Rhus Toxicodendron is an older term for Toxicodendron Radicans; commonly known as poison ivy! I have a homeopathic remedy here, with one of the ingredients being this "Rhus Toxicodendron 6X HPUS... Why? What possible benefits could eating poison ivy have? I'm not really sure but I suppose since it's an extract the poisonous portion has been removed. At any rate I can't find much documentation on its purported medicinal properties, just that the plant sucks... I guess I'll eat it... Says it's for "charley horse cramps in thighs and calves at night."
What is the scientific name for Sumac?
The scientific name for Sumac is Rhus. There are various species of Sumac within this genus, such as Rhus typhina and Rhus copallinum.
Will rhus tox interfere with your Coumadin?
Rhus Tox seems to be a homeopathic compound derrived from the plant Rhus toxicodendron-- a plant that I'm pretty sure doesn't exist. The articles call it Poison Ivy, but while that plant is sometimes archaically named as genus Rhus, it's also genus Toxicodendron-- for instance, the Poison Ivy I know and love from hiking is Toxicodendron radicans. T. radicans is rich in urushiol -- a truly nasty irritant toxin related to antigenic response. In other words, dangerous stuff. It's hard for me to believe that Rhus Tox has anything to do with urushiol or T. radicans. The reason I bring all this latin up is that, with so very many homeopathic remedies, it's really hard to know scientifically exactly what you're really getting. Worse, as "herbal" remedies are from live plants, the exact contents vary from season to season and year to year, so you NEVER really know what you're getting, or at what strength. As such, I know of no relationship between urushiol and coumadin, except the itching and toxic effects are pretty awful regardless of drug interactions. As I can't really tell what's in Rhus Tox, there's no way I can say if it's safe or not.
