Difference between revisions of "Phytolacca icosandra"
Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1040. 1759.
Common names: Tropical pokeweed
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Revision as of 17:26, 18 September 2019
Plants to 3 m. Leaves: petiole 0.5–6 cm; blade elliptic to obovate or rarely lanceolate, to 30 × 15 cm, base obtuse to attenuate, apex acute. Inflorescences spikes or spikelike, surpassing subtending leaves, to 30 cm; peduncle to 10 cm; pedicel 0.5–2 mm. Flowers: sepals 5, white or pink to pale reddish, broadly elliptic, equal, to 3 × 2 mm; stamens (8–)10–22(–30), usually in 2 whorls; carpels mostly 6–10, connate; ovary 6–10-loculed. Berries purple-black, 7–8 mm diam. Seeds black, thickly lenticular, 2.5–3 mm, shiny.
Phenology: Flowering summer–winter.
Habitat: Disturbed areas, chrome ore piles
Elevation: 10-1800 m
Distribution
Ariz., Calif., Md., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America.
Discussion
Some authors (e.g., J. I. Davis 1985) include Phytolacca octandra in the synonymy of P. icosandra.
Selected References
Lower Taxa
None.