Scientific name Phytolaccaceae | ||
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Lower classifications Pokeweeds, American pokeweed, Petiveria alliacea, Ajo‑ajo, Stegnosperma Similar Phytolacca, Phytolacca americana, Petiveria | ||
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.
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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 five genera, totalling 33 known species. It is divided into the subfamilies Agdestioideae and Phytolaccoideae, with the former Rivinioideae in the Takhtajan system. now placed in its own family Petiveriaceae
Genera and species
The Phytolaccaceae includes the following genera:
Genera formerly placed here
The following genera were previously included in the Phytolaccaceae:
References
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