Phytolaccaceae

Phytolaccaceae is a family of flowering plants. Though almost universally recognized by taxonomists, its circumscription has varied. It is also known as the Pokeweed family.

Phytolaccaceae
Phytolacca acinosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Phytolaccaceae R.Br.[1][2]
Genera
Agdestis Moc. & Sessé ex DC. Anisomeria D.Don Ercilla A.Juss. Nowickea J.Martínez & J.A.McDonald Phytolacca L.
Synonyms
Agdestidaceae Nakai

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.^[3] It is divided into the subfamilies Agdestioideae and Phytolaccoideae, with the former Rivinioideae in the Takhtajan system,^[4] now placed in its own family Petiveriaceae

Genera and species

The Phytolaccaceae includes the following genera:

• Agdestis Moc. & Sessé ex DC. — 1 species
• Anisomeria D.Don — 3 species
• Ercilla A.Juss. — 2 species
• Nowickea J.Martínez & J.A.McDonald — 2 species
• Phytolacca L. — ca 25 species

Former genera

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

• Achatocarpus Triana → Achatocarpaceae
• Barbeuia Thouars → Barbeuiaceae
• Gallesia Casar. → Petiveriaceae
• Gisekia L. → Gisekiaceae
• Hilleria Vell. → Petiveriaceae
• Gyrostemon Desf. → Gyrostemonaceae
• Ledenbergia Klotzsch ex Moq. → Petiveriaceae
• Lophiocarpus Turcz. → Lophiocarpaceae
• Microtea Sw. → Microteaceae
• Monococcus F.Muell. → Petiveriaceae
• Petiveria L. → Petiveriaceae
• Phaulothamnus A.Gray → Achatocarpaceae
• Rivina L. → Petiveriaceae
• Schindleria H.Walter → Petiveriaceae
• Seguieria Loefl. → Petiveriaceae
• Stegnosperma Benth. → Stegnospermataceae
• Trichostigma A.Rich. → Petiveriaceae