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Taxon:  Pistacia lentiscus L.



Summary
Genus:
Pistacia
Family:
Anacardiaceae
Subfamily:
Anacardioideae
Nomen number:
28647
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1026. 1753
Comment:
valid publication verified from original literature
Verified:
11/14/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
26 (26  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. AL-Saghir, M. G. & D. M. Porter. 2012. Taxonomy revision of the genus Pistacia L. (Anacardiaceae). Amer. J. Pl. Sci. 3:24-27. http://www.scirp.org/journal/ajps
  3. Al-Saghir, M. G. 2010. Perspective on chromosome numbers in the genus Pistacia L. (Anacardiaceae). Int. J. Pl. Breed. Genet. 4:153-157. Note: this review questioned the report of 2n=24 for Pistacia lentiscus and two other species, and also 2n=28 for P. atlantica, because it will requiere two reductions to happen in the genus
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Common names
English
Chios mastictree –
lentiscus –
lentisk –
mastic –
masticshrub –
mastictree –
French
arbre au mastic –
lentisque –
German
Mastixbaum –
Mastix-Pistazie –
Mastixstrauch –
Italian
corno-capra –
dentischio –
lentisco –
Portuguese
alfostigueiro –
almecegueira –
aroeira-da-praia –
Spanish
almácigo –
lentisco –
Swedish
mastixbuske –
Transliterated Arabic
mustik –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern Asia******  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria w.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey w.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance s. & Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Egypt (n.), Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, ******, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria (w.), Turkey (w.)
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (s. & Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
Food additives
Materials
gum/resin (mastic for varnish fide Pl Book; Wealth India RM) –
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2) –
Social
masticatory (resin fide F Iraq; Pl Book) –


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