Phytolacca americana

Characteristics
Dicots
PHYTOLACCACEAE
Phytolacca
Phytolacca americana L.
AMERICAN POKEWEED
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This account contains P. rigida in synonymy. Nienaber & Thieret (in FNA, vol. 4) noted that P. americana and P. rigida "are not always clearly distinct" and specimens intermediate in morphology can be found sympatric with P. americana s.str. Specimens with shorter fruiting pedicles (<7 mm long) and shorter and erect racemes (<13.5 cm long) have been called P. rigida or P. americana var. rigida.
Native FACU (NWPL) U (WAP)
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Classification
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CARYOPHYLLALES
Phytolacca
Phytolacca americana L. - AMERICAN POKEWEED
Citation
PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 441. 1753.
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Without data (lectotype: LINN 607.3). Lectotypified by K. Larsen, in Morat, Fl. Cambodge 24: 118. 1989.
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Species Distribution Map
Plant Photos
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Phytolacca americana - Paul L. Redfearn, Jr. View Full Size
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