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Cotinus coggygria, syn. Rhus cotinus, the European smoketree,[1] Eurasian smoketree, smoke tree, smoke bush, Venetian sumach, or dyer's sumach, is a Eurasian species of flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae.

Cotinus coggygria
Foliage and seed heads
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Anacardiaceae
Genus:	Cotinus
Species:	C. coggygria
Binomial name
Cotinus coggygria Scop.
Synonyms
Rhus cotinus

Description

It is a multiple-branching deciduous shrub growing to 5–7 metres (16–23 feet) tall with an open, spreading, irregular habit, only rarely forming a small tree. The leaves are 3–8 centimetres (1+1⁄4–3+1⁄4 inches) long rounded ovals, green with a waxy glaucous sheen. The autumn colour can be strikingly varied, from peach and yellow to scarlet. The flowers are numerous, produced in large inflorescences 15–30 cm (6–12 in) long; each flower 5–10 millimetres (1⁄4–3⁄8 in) in diameter, with five pale yellow petals. Most of the flowers in each inflorescence abort, elongating into yellowish-pink to pinkish-purple feathery plumes (when viewed en masse these have a wispy 'smoke-like' appearance, hence the common name "smoke tree") which surround the small (2–3 mm or 1⁄16–1⁄8 in) drupaceous fruit that develop.

Fossil record

Macrofossils of C. coggygria from the early Pliocene epoch have been found in Western Georgia in the Caucasus region.[2]

Distribution and habitat

The species is native to a large area from southern Europe, east across central Asia and the Himalayas to northern China.

Uses

It is commonly grown as an ornamental plant, with several cultivars available. Many of these have been selected for purple foliage and flowers.

The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-

• 'Flame'[3]
• Golden Spirit = 'Ancot'[4]
• 'Royal Purple'[5]
• 'Young Lady'[6]

The wood was formerly used to make the yellow dye called young fustic.[7]

Gallery

References

External links

• Flora Europaea: European distribution

На других языках

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- [en] Cotinus coggygria

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[es] Cotinus coggygria

Cotinus coggygria, de nombre común árbol de las pelucas, es una planta del género Cotinus, perteneciente a la familia Anacardiaceae.

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[it] Cotinus coggygria

Cotinus coggygria Scop., conosciuto comunemente come scòtano[1][2] o albero di nebbia[1], è un arbusto appartenente alla famiglia delle Anacardiacee[3].

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[ru] Скумпия кожевенная

Ску́мпия коже́венная (лат. Cotinus coggýgria) — деревянистое растение; вид рода Скумпия семейства Анакардиевые.

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