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americana

Taxon

Phytolacca americana L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 441. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 263.jpg

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 263.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 266.jpg

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 266.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 264.jpg

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 264.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 275.jpg

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 275.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 268.jpg

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 268.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 272.jpg

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 272.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 267.jpg

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 267.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 274.jpg

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 274.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 262.jpg

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 262.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 265.jpg

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 265.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 269.jpg

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 269.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 270.jpg

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 270.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 273.jpg

Phytolacca americana--CA. McConnell Arboretum, Redding. 4 Jun 07. 273.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phytolacca americana--Japan. Honshu. Shiga Pref. Ibukiyama. 18 Jul 03. 023.jpg

Phytolacca americana--Japan. Honshu. Shiga Pref. Ibukiyama. 18 Jul 03. 023.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Phytolacca americana--Japan. Honshu. Shiga Pref. Ibukiyama. 18 Jul 03. 021.jpg

Phytolacca americana--Japan. Honshu. Shiga Pref. Ibukiyama. 18 Jul 03. 021.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Phytolacca americana--Japan. Honshu. Shiga Pref. Ibukiyama. 18 Jul 03. 020.jpg

Phytolacca americana--Japan. Honshu. Shiga Pref. Ibukiyama. 18 Jul 03. 020.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Phytolacca americana--Japan. Honshu. Shiga Pref. Ibukiyama. 18 Jul 03. 022.jpg

Phytolacca americana--Japan. Honshu. Shiga Pref. Ibukiyama. 18 Jul 03. 022.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 48 botanical countries across Northern America; introduced into 64 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

July 18, 2003

Location

Japan, Kansai, Shiga (Maibara, Ueno)

35.418333, 136.405

Location Remarks

Ibukiyama (Mount Ibuki).

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

June 4, 2007

Location

United States, California (McConnell Arboretum and Gardens)

Location Remarks

In Turtle Bay Exploration Park, 840 Sundial Bridge Dr., Redding

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Phytolaccaceae

Genus

Phytolacca

Specific Epithet

americana

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.1

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#110,433 of 335,497

Top 33%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →