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Published In: Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire 454. 1818. (5 Mar 1818) (Narr. Exped. Zaire) Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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PHYTOLACCACEAE (pokeweed family)

Three to 20 genera, 30–120 species, nearly worldwide, most diverse in tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.

Traditionally, the Phytolaccaceae have been classified as consisting of five or six subfamilies (Nowicke, 1969) with 17–20 total genera. More recent taxonomic studies involving morphological and anatomical characters (G. K. Brown and Varadarajan, 1985) and gene sequence data (Manhart and Rettig, 1994), have suggested that most of these genera are not closely related to the three core members of the subfamily Phytolaccoideae (Phytolacca and two small South American genera, Anisomeria D. Don and Ercilla A. Juss.). With the family circumscription restricted to this small group, the remaining genera are relegated to up to five other families. However, these studies are considered somewhat preliminary and further research involving more intensive taxon sampling and more characters may result in another reevaluation of familial limits.

 

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