Phytolaccaceae

Phytolacca americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Phytolaccaceae
Subfamiliae: Agdestidoideae – Phytolaccoideae
Genera: Agdestis – Anisomeria – Ercilla – Phytolacca

Name

Phytolaccaceae R. Br. Narr. Exped. Zaire 454. (1818) nom. cons.

• Type genus: Phytolacca L. Sp. Pl. 1: 441. (1753)
  

Note: Circumscription follows APG (2016) and Stevens (2017) rather than Hernández-Ledesma et al. (2015) or Tropicos (2017) it is therefore a view of Phytolaccaceae s.s. excluding particularly Petiveriaceae, but including Agdestis c.f. Hernández-Ledesma et al. (2015).

References

• Brown, R. 1818. Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire 454.
• Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 2016. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 181(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12385 Reference page. 
• Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Phytolaccaceae. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 27 2017.
• Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2017. Phytolaccaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Apr. 2017.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kermesbeerengewächse
English: Pokeweed Family
español: Fitolacáceas
suomi: Kermesmarjakasvit
français: Phytolaccacées
日本語: ヤマゴボウ科
Nederlands: Karmozijnbesfamilie
norsk: Kermesbærfamilien
polski: Szkarłatkowate
svenska: Kermesbärsväxter
Türkçe: Şekerciboyasıgiller
中文: 商陆科

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