Phytolacca icosandra
| Phytolacca icosandra | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Phytolaccaceae |
| Genus: | Phytolacca |
| Species: | P. icosandra |
| Binomial name | |
| Phytolacca icosandra | |
Phytolacca icosandra, sometimes known as button pokeweed[1] or tropical pokeweed,[2] is a species of flowering plant found in the neotropics and introduced into the warmer areas of the western USA.
It reaches up to 3 m in height, with leaves of 10–20 cm by 9–14 cm. The flowers are produced in racemes 10–15 cm long, each flower 5–10 mm diameter, with 8-20 stamens (icosandra means "twenty stamens"). The fruit is a black berry, 5–8 mm diameter.
Raphides occur profusely in at least the leaves, red petioles and midribs.[3]
References
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ NRCS. "Phytolacca icosandra". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ Gulliver 1864, p. 251.
Bibliography
- Gulliver, George (1864). "Observations on Raphides and other Crystals". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Third Series. 14: 250–252.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phytolacca icosandra.
- Phytolacca icosandra in the Flora of North America
- description and photographs (in Spanish): Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- description and one photograph (in Spanish): the Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, SEMARNAT, the Mexican government's Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources