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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-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>or subshrubs, perennial, slightly woody at base. <b>Leaves</b> alternate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal or axillary, virgate, spikelike racemes, 8–30-flowered. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 4; stamens 4–8; carpels 1; ovary 1-loculed; style absent; stigma 1. <b>Fruits</b> achenes, elongate-cuneate, apically 2-lobed, each lobe tipped with 1–3 sharply reflexed spines 3–5 mm. <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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|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
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