Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze GRIN-Global

Taxon: Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze

Summary

Genus:

Toxicodendron

Family:

Anacardiaceae

Subfamily:

Anacardioideae

Nomen number:

101866

Place of publication:

Revis. gen. pl. 1:153, t. 26, fig. 2. 1891

Verified:

06/24/2015 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.

Other conspecific taxa

Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze subsp. eximium (Greene) Gillis (0 active accession[s])
Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze subsp. orientale (Greene) Gillis (0 active accession[s])
Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze subsp. radicans (0 active accession[s])
Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze subsp. verrucosum (Scheele) Gillis (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
Everest, S. L. Poisonous plants of Australia. 1981
Foster, S. & J. A. Duke. A field guide to medicinal plants: Eastern/Central North America, 2nd ed. 2000
Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
Grellin, J. K. & J. Philpott. A reference guide to medicinal plants. 1990
Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964
Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
Moerman, D. Native American ethnobotany, ed. 5. 1998
Pammel, L. H. Manual of poisonous plants. 1911
Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. Noxious weeds of Australia. 1992
Radford, A. E. et al. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. 1964
Rehder, A. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. 1949
Whitson, T. D. et al., eds. Weeds of the West, ed. 5. 1999

Common names

English
poison-ivy –
German
kletternder Gift-Sumach –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Kurile Islands
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Sakhalin
1	Native	Northern America		Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Nova Scotia
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Ontario
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Illinois
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Iowa
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Kansas
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Minnesota
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Missouri
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Nebraska
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Wisconsin
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Connecticut
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Indiana
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maine
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Massachusetts
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Michigan
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Jersey
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New York
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Ohio
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Rhode Island
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Vermont
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	District of Columbia
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Bahamas
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Bermuda
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala

Native
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China
EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Taiwan
RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Kurile Islands, Sakhalin]

Northern America

REGION: Mexico
EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Nova Scotia, Ontario]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Bermuda
MESOAMERICA: Guatemala

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Vertebrate poisons	mammals		Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985
Weed	potential seed contaminant		Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. Noxious weeds of Australia. 1992

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=101866. Accessed 2 August 2025.