Phytolacca americana, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 112

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scientific name	Phytolacca americana
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1. P. americana L. View in CoL , Sp. PI. 441 (1753) View Cited Treatment

( P. decandra L.). A glabrous, perennial herb, somewhat woody at the base. Stems 1-3 m, subdichotomously branched, often red, with decurrent ridges from the leaf-bases. Leaves 12-25 x 5-10 cm, ovate-lanceolate, petiolate. Racemes c. 10 cm, more or less erect. Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth-segments 2- 5 mm, broadly ovate, greenish-white, turning reddish in fruit. Stamens 10. Carpels 10, united except for the styles. Fruit 10 mm in diameter, depressed-globose, purplish-black. Waste places. Cultivated for ornament and for dye from the berries; widely naturalized in S. Europe, and locally or as a casual in C. Europe. [Al Au Az BI Bu Co Cr Cz Ga Gr He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu Rm Rs (K) Sa Si Tu.] (United States.) P. esculenta VanHoutte, Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 4: 39$ (1848), from E. Asia, is reported as more or less naturalized locally in Romania. It is like 1 but has c. 8 stamens and the same number of free carpels.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Phytolaccaceae
Genus	Phytolacca

Phytolacca americana

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964

1964

P. americana

L. 1753: 441

1753

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