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The genus Phytolacca is in the family Phytolaccaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Phytolacca

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Phytolacca acinosa Roxb.	Accepted		TRO
Phytolacca americana L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phytolacca bogotensis Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phytolacca chilensis (Miers ex Moq.) H. Walter	Accepted		TRO
Phytolacca dioica L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hér.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phytolacca esculenta Van Houtte	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phytolacca heptandra Retz.	Accepted		TRO
Phytolacca icosandra L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phytolacca japonica Makino	Accepted		TRO
Phytolacca latbenia (Moq.) H. Walter	Accepted		TRO
Phytolacca meziana H. Walter	Accepted		TRO
Phytolacca octandra L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phytolacca polyandra Batalin	Accepted		TRO
Phytolacca rivinoides Kunth & C.D.Bouché	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phytolacca rugosa A.Braun & C.D.Bouché	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phytolacca sanguinea H.Walter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phytolacca tetramera Hauman	Accepted		TRO
Phytolacca thyrsiflora Fenzl ex J.A.Schmidt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Phytolacca weberbaueri H. Walter	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 75 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Phytolacca. Of these 20 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 11 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Phytolacca. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 75 species names for the genus Phytolacca recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	20	26.7%
◕	Synonym	29	38.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	26	34.7%

All names

The status of the 86 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Phytolacca recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	21	24.4%
◕	Synonym	39	45.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	26	30.2%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 75 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Phytolacca, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	17	26	0	0	43	57.3%
	Low confidence	3	3	0	26	32	42.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Phytolacca, are as follows: