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The genus Phytolacca is in the family Phytolaccaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Phytolacca

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Phytolacca acinosa Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca americana L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Phytolacca bogotensis Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca brachystachys Moq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca carica Wehmer	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca chilensis (Miers ex Moq.) H. Walter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Phytolacca cyclopetala H. Walter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Phytolacca dioica L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hér.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca erubescens Huber	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca esculenta Van Houtte	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca gigantea Mart.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca goudotii Briq.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Phytolacca heptandra Retz.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Phytolacca heterotepala H. Walter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Phytolacca icosandra L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca insularis Nakai	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca japonica Makino	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Phytolacca javanica Osbeck	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca kaempferi A.Gray	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca latbenia (Moq.) H. Walter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Phytolacca longespica Moq.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Phytolacca lutea Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca mexicana Crantz	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca mexicana Sweet	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca mexicana Gaertn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca meziana H.Walter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca molleri Gand.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca nova-hispania Millsp.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca octandra L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca oleracea Rottb.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca polyandra Batalin	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Phytolacca pruinosa Fenzl	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca resedifolia Moq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca resediformis Moq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca rivinoides Kunth & C.D.Bouché	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca rugosa A.Braun & C.D.Bouché	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca sandwicensis Endl.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Phytolacca sanguinea H.Walter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca scandens Hils. & Bojer ex Moq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca tetramera Hauman	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Phytolacca thyrsiflora Fenzl ex J.A.Schmidt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca triquetra Moench	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca volubilis Heimerl	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca vulgaris Bubani	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca vulgaris Crantz	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Phytolacca weberbaueri H. Walter	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 83 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Phytolacca. Of these 24 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 9 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Phytolacca. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 83 species names for the genus Phytolacca recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	24	28.9%
◕	Synonym	31	37.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	28	33.7%

All names

The status of the 92 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Phytolacca recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	25	27.2%
◕	Synonym	39	42.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	28	30.4%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 83 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Phytolacca, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	20	24	0	0	44	53.0%
	Low confidence	4	7	0	28	39	47.0%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Phytolacca is as follows: