Phytolaccaceae

Phytolaccaceae
	Phytolacca esculenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Phytolaccaceae; R.Br.
Genera
	See text.
Synonyms
	Agdestidaceae Nakai; Hilleriaceae Nakai; Petiveriaceae C.Agardh; Rivinaceae C.Agardh

Phytolaccaceae is 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 16 genera, totalling a hundred species. It is divided into the subfamilies Agdestioideae, Phytolaccoideae, and Rivinioideae by the Takhtajan system.^[3]

Genera

The Phytolaccaceae includes the following genera:^[4]

Agdestis Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
Anisomeria D.Don
Ercilla A.Juss.
Gallesia Casar.
Hilleria Vell.
Ledenbergia Klotzsch ex Moq.
Monococcus F.Muell.

Nowickea J.Martínez & J.A.McDonald
Petiveria L.
Phytolacca L.
Rivina L.
Schindleria H.Walter
Seguieria Loefl.
Trichostigma A.Rich.

Formerly placed here

The following genera were previously included in the Phytolaccaceae:^[5]

Achatocarpus Triana → Achatocarpaceae
Barbeuia Thouars → Barbeuiaceae
Gisekia L. → Gisekiaceae
Gyrostemon Desf. → Gyrostemonaceae
Lophiocarpus Turcz. → Lophiocarpaceae
Microtea Sw. → Microteaceae
Phaulothamnus A.Gray → Achatocarpaceae
Stegnosperma Benth. → Stegnospermataceae

References

^ ^a ^b "Family: Phytolaccaceae R. Br., nom. cons". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 17 January 2003. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
^ Takhtajan, Armen (2009). Flowering Plants (2 ed.). Springer. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-4020-9608-2.
^ "GRIN Genera of Phytolaccaceae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
^ "GRIN genera sometimes placed in Phytolaccaceae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

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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[GRIN-1] "Family: Phytolaccaceae R. Br., nom. cons". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 17 January 2003. Retrieved 2 October 2011.

[APGIII2009-2] Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

[3] Takhtajan, Armen (2009). Flowering Plants (2 ed.). Springer. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-4020-9608-2.

[grin-4] "GRIN Genera of Phytolaccaceae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

[5] "GRIN genera sometimes placed in Phytolaccaceae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

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