Phytolaccaceae

Phytolacca Tourn. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 441 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is New World, Tropical Africa, Madagascar, E. Medit. To Temp. E. Asia and Indo-China.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Central American Pac, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Ascension, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Belgium, Bermuda, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central European Rus, Cook Is., Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Jawa, Kriti, Krym, Libya, Madeira, Malaya, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., North Caucasus, Northern Territory, Palestine, Portugal, Primorye, Queensland, Romania, Réunion, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Australia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Victoria, Western Australia, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 96.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Sp. Pl. 1: 441 (1753)
  • in Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 200 (1754).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • H. Walt. in E.P. IV. 83: 36 (1909)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 200 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 441 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
16964.000 No
Rico, L. [1207], Bolivia K000295054 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0