Phytolaccaceae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Phytolaccaceae
Subfamiliae: Agdestidoideae – Phytolaccoideae
Genera: Agdestis – Anisomeria – Ercilla – Phytolacca

Name

Phytolaccaceae R.Br. 1818. Narr. Exped. Zaire 454. nom. cons.

Type genus: Phytolacca L. Sp. Pl. 1: 441. (1753)

Note: Circumscription follows APG (2016) and Stevens (2017) rather than Hernández-Ledesma et al. (2015) or Tropicos (2017) it is therefore a view of Phytolaccaceae s.s. excluding particularly Petiveriaceae, but including Agdestis c.f. Hernández-Ledesma et al. (2015).

References

Brown, R. 1818. Observations systematical and geographical on the herbarium collected by Professor Christian Smith, in the vicinity of the Congo: during the expedition to explore that river, under the command of Captain Tuckey in the year 1816. 66 pp. London. Google Books Reference page. : 454

Additional references

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 2016. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 181(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12385 Reference page.
Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Phytolaccaceae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Phytolaccaceae. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 27 2017. Reference page.
Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2017. Phytolaccaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Apr. 2017.

Vernacular names

العربية: الفصيلة الصبغية
azərbaycanca: Çiçəkbaharkimilər
català: Fitolacàcia
čeština: Líčidlovité
dansk: Kermesbær-familien
Deutsch: Kermesbeerengewächse
فارسی: سرخس‌باتلاقیان
français: Phytolaccacées
hornjoserbsce: Fytolakowe rostliny
magyar: Alkörmösfélék
日本語: ヤマゴボウ科
한국어: 자리공과
lietuvių: Fitolakiniai
Nederlands: Karmozijnbesfamilie
norsk: Kermesbærfamilien
polski: Szkarłatkowate
русский: Лаконосовые
svenska: Kermesbärsväxter
Tiếng Việt: Họ Thương lục
中文: 商陆科