Phytolacca

See also: phytolacca

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φυτόν (phutón, “plant”) +‎ lacca (“crimson dye”), referring to the berries' juice, which stains a strong purple-red.

Proper noun

Phytolacca f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Phytolaccaceae – pokeweeds, of the Americas and east Asia.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order; Phytolaccaceae - family; Phytolaccoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Phytolacca americana (American pokeweed) - type species; Phytolacca acinosa (Indian poke), Phytolacca australis, Phytolacca bogotensis, Phytolacca dioica, Phytolacca dodecandra, Phytolacca heterotepala (Mexican pokeweed), Phytolacca icosandra, Phytolacca japonica, Phytolacca octandra (red inkplant), Phytolacca polyandra, Phytolacca pruinosa (Levantine pokeweed), Phytolacca rivinoides, Phytolacca sandwicensis (Hawaiian pokeweed), Phytolacca thyrsiflora, Phytolacca weberbaueri (yumbi) - selected other accepted species

Descendants

• English: phytolaccatoxin, phytolaccigenin, phytolaccinic acid

References

• Phytolacca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phytolacca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Phytolacca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Phytolacca at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Phytolacca at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Phytolacca at USDA Plants database
• Phytolacca at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Phytolacca at Tropicos
• Phytolacca at The Plant List