| Phytolaccaceae | |
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| Phytolacca esculenta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Phytolaccaceae R.Br. |
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Phytolaccaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been almost universally recognized by taxonomists, although its circumscription has varied. It is also known as the Pokeweed family.
The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), also recognizes this family and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. The family comprises about a 18 genera, totalling a hundred species.
Genera
- Agdestis
- Anisomeria
- Ercilla
- Gallesia
- Gisekia
- Gyrostemon
- Hilleria
- Ledenbergia
- Microtea
- Monococcus
- Nowickea
- Petiveria
- Phytolacca – Pokeweeds
- Rivina
- Schindleria
- Seguieria
- Stegnosperma, now in family Stegnospermataceae.
- Trichostigma
- Villamillia
External links
- Phytolaccaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 30 May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
- Phytolaccaeae in the Flora of North America
- Phytolaccaeae in the Flora of China
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- Pictures of representative species
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