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Taxon:
Phytolacca icosandra
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Phytolacca
Family:
Phytolaccaceae
Nomen number:
28261
Place of publication:
Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:1040. 1759
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/01/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Phytolacca octandra
L.
No images
Reference(s)
Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Burger, W. C., ed.
1971-. Flora costaricensis.
Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll.
1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds.
1978-. Flora de Veracruz.
URL:
http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/publicaciones/flover.htm
Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds.
1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier).
1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
Liogier, H. A.
1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
Liogier, H. A.
1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
Missouri Botanical Garden.
W³Tropicos (on-line resource).
URL:
http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):396.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Note:
=
Phytolacca octandra
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds.
2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
Vibrans, H., ed.
Malezas de México (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.conabio.gob.mx/malezasdemexico/phytolaccaceae/phytolacca-icosandra/fichas/pagina1.htm
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Common names
English
button pokeweed –
Reference(s)
red inkplant –
Reference(s)
tropical pokeweed –
Reference(s)
Spanish
almorsaca –
Reference(s)
jaboncillo –
Reference(s)
mazorquilla –
Reference(s)
scorpion-tail –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Durango
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Sinaloa
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Sonora
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Campeche
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Chiapas
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Guanajuato
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Guerrero
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Jalisco
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
México
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Nayarit
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Oaxaca
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Puebla
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Quintana Roo
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Yucatán
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Bahamas
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Dominican Republic
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Haiti
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Belize
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
El Salvador
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Guatemala
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Honduras
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Panama
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
4
Naturalized
natzd. elsewhere
Native
Northern America
NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Durango, Sinaloa, Sonora]
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Campeche, Chiapas, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Bahamas
,
Cuba
,
Dominican Republic
,
Haiti
,
Jamaica
,
Trinidad and Tobago
[Trinidad]
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize
,
Costa Rica
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
,
El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Medicines
folklore
fide F Guat; Herbs Commerce ed2, as
Phytolacca octandra
; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):396. 1999, as
Phytolacca octandra
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
as
Phytolacca octandra
Connor, H. E.
1992. The poisonous plants of New Zealand.
Name
References