The most recently described genus of Phytolaccaceae is Nowickea, which was proposed in 1989. It is similar to Phytolacca in most features but distinguished by possessing a well-developed gynophore, larger herbaceous tepals that are frequently elongated, and obovoid to obpyriform fruits with narrowly elliptical seeds. The genus contains two endemic Mexican species that were each long known from a single collection made more than 65 years ago. In 2013, we encountered plants of Nowickea hundreds of kilometers from the previous collections. However, whereas most of the branches had the characteristic features of Nowickea, a few branches had flowers and fruits typical of normal Phytolacca icosandra. It had been suggested that Nowickea may be just a “monstrous” Phytolacca. We concur, and as a result Nowickea is reduced to synonymy under Phytolacca, and the species Nowickea glabra and N. xolocotzii are treated as synonyms of P. icosandra.

最近描述的商陆科属是Nowickea，它于 1989 年提出。它在大多数特征上与商陆属相似，但区别在于具有发育良好的雌蕊柄、较大且经常伸长的草本花被片以及倒卵形至倒梨形果实，具有窄椭圆形种子。该属包含两种墨西哥特有物种，每种物种都在 65 多年前的一个单一收藏中长期为人所知。2013 年，我们遇到了距之前收藏品数百公里的Nowickea植物。然而，虽然大部分枝条具有诺维克亚的特征，但少数枝条具有正常商陆二十三七属的典型花和果实. 有人认为Nowickea可能只是一种“可怕的”商陆。我们同意，因此Nowickea被简化为Phytolacca下的同义词，Nowickea glabra和N. xolocotzii被视为P. icosandra的同义词。