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|accepted_name=Phytolacca
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 441. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 200. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Phytolaccaceae;Phytolacca
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Phytolaccaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Phytolacca]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek phyton, plant, and Latin lacca, crimson dye, in reference to the pigment the berries yield
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 3, 4
|treatment_page=page 6
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>[shrubs or trees], perennial. <b>Leaves</b> alternate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, terminal, or leaf-opposed racemes or spikes, 5–100-flowered, proximalmost pedicels sometimes bearing more than 1 flower. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 5–8; stamens (7–)8–25(–30), sometimes in 1–2 whorls; carpels 6–12(–30), distinct or connate at least proximally; if connate, ovary 6–12-loculed; style and stigma 1 per carpel. <b>Fruits</b> either oblate berries, style persisting in ring at apex, or group of lenticular achenes. <b>Seeds</b> 6–12(–30) per berry or 1 per achene.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 25 (6 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Phytolacca</i> dioica Linnaeus, the ombú, a fast-growing, wide-spreading, evergreen, unisexual South American tree to 25 m, is sparingly cultivated in the warmest regions of the flora.</p><!--
--><p>Yet to be written is the last word on the taxonomy and nomenclature of our introduced taxa of <i>Phytolacca</i>.</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Carpels distinct; fruits achenes
|[[Phytolacca acinosa|Phytolacca acinosa]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Carpels connate, at least in proximal 1/2; fruits berries
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Inflorescences spikes or spikelike; pedicel absent or 0.5- 2(-4) mm
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Inflorescences racemes; pedicel 2-13 mm
|[[#key-0-4| > 4]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Inflorescences longer than subtending leaves; stamens, at least in middle and proximal flowers, (8-)10-22(-30), in 2 whorls
|[[Phytolacca icosandra|Phytolacca icosandra]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Inflorescences equaling or shorter than subtending leaves; stamens (7-)8-10, in 1 whorl
|[[Phytolacca octandra|Phytolacca octandra]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Stamens usually in 2 whorls; sepals strikingly unequal, largest about 2 times as wide as smallest; California
|[[Phytolacca heterotepala|Phytolacca heterotepala]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Stamens usually in 1 whorl; sepals ± equal or subequal; not restricted to California
|[[#key-0-5| > 5]]
|-id=key-0-5
|5
|Inflorescences open racemes; pedicel 3-13 mm; widely distributed
|[[Phytolacca americana|Phytolacca americana]]
|-id=key-0-5
|5
|Inflorescences dense racemes; pedicel 2-4 mm; Maryland
|[[Phytolacca bogotensis|Phytolacca bogotensis]]
|}
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name=Phytolacca
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Phytolaccaceae
|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_6.xml
|genus=Phytolacca
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