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|accepted_name=Petiveria
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 342. 1753
|year=1753
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|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 160. 1754
|year=1754
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Phytolaccaceae;Petiveria
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Phytolaccaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Petiveria]]</div></div>
|etymology=For James Petiver, 1658–1718, English apothecary and botanist
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 3, 4
|treatment_page=page 5
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="herb duration;herb texture;subshrub duration;subshrub texture"><b>Herbs </b>or subshrubs, perennial, slightly woody at base.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>alternate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture;raceme arrangement;raceme architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal or axillary, virgate, spikelike racemes, 8–30-flowered.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="sepal count"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals 4;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stamen count">stamens 4–8;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="carpel count">carpels 1;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="ovary architecture">ovary 1-loculed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="style count">style absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="stigma count">stigma 1.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="fruits achene shape;fruits achene shape;lobe architecture;spine count;spine orientation;spine some measurement"><b>Fruits </b>achenes, elongate-cuneate, apically 2-lobed, each lobe tipped with 1–3 sharply reflexed spines 3–5 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="seed count"><b>Seed </b>1.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=holm1915a
|text=Holm, T. 1915. Medicinal plants of North America. 95. Petiveria alliacea Linnaeus. Merck’s Rep. 24: 266–270.
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|id=ormond1974a
|text=Ormond, W. T. and M. C. B. Pinheiro. 1974. Contribuição ao estudo biosistemático e ecológico de Petiveria alliacea L. Revista Brasil. Biol. 34: 123–142.
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|id=ormond1975a
|text=Ormond, W. T. and M. C. B. Pinheiro. 1975. Um elemento a mais para o esclarecimento taxonômico de Petiveria alliacea Linnaeus: Número de cromossomos. Revista Brasil. Biol. 35: 39–44.
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name=Petiveria
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Phytolaccaceae
|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=holm1915a;ormond1974a;ormond1975a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Petiveria
|carpel count=1
|fruits achene shape=2-lobed;elongate-cuneate
|herb duration=perennial
|herb texture=woody
|inflorescence architecture=virgate
|inflorescence position=axillary;terminal
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|lobe architecture=tipped
|ovary architecture=1-loculed
|raceme architecture=8-30-flowered
|raceme arrangement=spikelike
|seed count=1
|sepal count=4
|spine count=1;3
|spine orientation=reflexed
|spine some measurement=3mm;5mm
|stamen count=4;8
|stigma count=1
|style count=absent
|subshrub duration=perennial
|subshrub texture=woody
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