PLANTS Profile for Phytolacca heterotepala (Mexican pokeweed)

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Phytolacca heterotepala H. Walt.
Mexican pokeweed

Symbol:

PHHE21

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Phytolaccaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

Images:
Phytolacca heterotepala H. Walt.

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Synonyms:
Phytolacca heterotepala H. Walt.

PHHE8

Phytolacca heteropetala H. Walt., database artifact

Mexican pokeweed

Distribution:
Phytolacca heterotepala H. Walt.


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Related Taxa:
Phytolacca heterotepala H. Walt.

View 7 genera in Phytolaccaceae, 8 species in Phytolacca

Classification:
Phytolacca heterotepala H. Walt.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Phytolaccaceae – Pokeweed family
Genus	Phytolacca L. – pokeweed
Species	Phytolacca heterotepala H. Walt. – Mexican pokeweed

Introduced Information:
Phytolacca heterotepala H. Walt.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Phytolacca heterotepala H. Walt.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 04:55 PM CDT