ANACARDIACEAE R.Br.

Family composed of about 81 genera and 000 species of trees and shrubs, distributed across temperate and tropical regions around the world. In North Africa it is represented by the genera Pistacia and Searsia composed of tree and shrub species. A third genus, Rhus, is considered native in Algeria and Tunisia by some authors. Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi, native to South America, also belongs to this family, and it is considered one of the most dangerous exotic and invasive plants beginning to spread across the North Africa.