Phytolacca L.
Details
Nomenclature
L.
L.
1753
441
ICN
Phytolacca L.
genus
Phytolacca
Classification
Subordinates
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Phytolacca L.
Herbs or shrubs, occasionally trees, glabrous except for infl. Lvs thin and herbaceous. Fls ☿ or unisexual, small, in terminal or subterminal, often spiciform and erect racemes. Perianth 5-merous, lobed, or with tepals almost free, coloured, often becoming dark red, ultimately reflexed. Stamens (5)-7-22-(33), 1-2-seriate, ± irregularly arranged on disc; anthers dorsifixed. Carpels 5-10-(16), whorled, connate laterally; whole ovary depressed, globose or subglobose. Fr. a berry, or berry-like drupe, longitudinally 5-10-grooved. Seed laterally compressed with asymmetric base.
Taxonomic concepts
Historic biostatus
Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
Political Region
P. 161; Phytolacca dioica recorded.
Metadata
8996d492-8667-4cbd-9e8a-94094d745767
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
28 January 2014