Phytolacca acinosa

Phytolacca acinosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Phytolaccaceae
Genus: Phytolacca
Species:
P. acinosa
Binomial name
Phytolacca acinosa
Roxb.
Synonyms[1]
  • Phytolacca esculenta Van Houtte
  • Phytolacca kaempferi A.Gray
  • Phytolacca pekinensis Hance
  • Pircunia esculenta (Van Houtte) Moq.
  • Sarcoca acinosa (Roxb.) Skalický
  • Sarcoca esculenta (Van Houtte) Skalický

Phytolacca acinosa, the Indian pokeweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Phytolaccaceae.[2] It is native to temperate eastern Asia; the Himalayas, most of China, Vietnam to Japan, and has been widely introduced to Europe.[1] The species was originally described by William Roxburgh in 1814.[3][2]

  1. ^ a b "Phytolacca acinosa Roxb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Phytolacca acinosa Roxb". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  3. ^ Carey, William, 1761-1834; Roxburgh, William, 1751-1815; Calcutta Royal Botanic Garden (1814), Hortus Bengalensis, or a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta (PDF), Wikidata Q16575978{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)