Phytolacca

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Phytolacca

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<<<Flowers>Ovary>Ovules>Ovule number per carpel

1 per carpel1
1. 004-005-002-001

<<<Flowers>Ovary>Style>Growth form

spreading or appressed-recurved2
2. 004-005-003-001

<<Flowers>Ovary>Carpel number

16-carpellate3
3. 004-005-001

<<Flowers>Ovary>Ovules

ovule , basal, campylotropous,4
4. 004-005-002

<<Flowers>Ovary>Style

styles free, .5
5. 004-005-003

<<Flowers>Stamens>Stamen number

(5-)8-22(-33)6
6. 004-004-001

<<Flowers>Stamens>Whorl number

1 or 2 whorls7
7. 004-004-002

<<Flowers>Tepals>Tepal number

58
8. 004-003-001

<<Fruits>Seeds>Colour

black, shining9
9. 005-003-003

<<Fruits>Seeds>Embryo

embryo curved or annular.10
10. 005-003-005

<<Fruits>Seeds>Endosperm

endosperm mealy,11
11. 005-003-004

<<Fruits>Seeds>Seed number per cell

112
12. 005-003-001

<<Fruits>Seeds>Shape

reniform or subreniform13
13. 005-003-002

<<Inflorescences>Bracts>Bract number

1-314
14. 003-003-001

<<Inflorescences>Bracts>Position

at base of pedicel15
15. 003-003-002

<Flowers>Ovary

ovary 5-, carpels free or united,16
16. 004-005

<Flowers>Pedicels

sessile or pedicellate;17
17. 004-002

<Flowers>Plant sexuality

bisexual, or unisexual and dioecious18
18. 004-001

<Flowers>Stamens

stamens , in , on a hypogynous disk;19
19. 004-004

<Flowers>Tepals

tepals , free, equal or subequal;20
20. 004-003

<Fruits>Locule number

5-16-loculed21
21. 005-002

<Fruits>Seed number

1-seeded22
22. 005-001

<Fruits>Seeds

seed per cell, , ,23
23. 005-003

<Inflorescences>Bracteoles

bracteoles randomly inserted along pedicel.24
24. 003-004

<Inflorescences>Bracts

bracts , ;25
25. 003-003

<Inflorescences>Position

mostly terminal26
26. 003-001

<Inflorescences>Shape

occasionally thyrsiform or paniculiform below27
27. 003-002

<Leaves>Stipules

stipules absent.28
28. 002-001

Description

Herbs, shrubs or rarely trees. Leaves sessile or petiolate; stipules absent. Inflorescences mostly terminal racemes or spikes, occasionally thyrsiform or paniculiform below; bracts 1-3, at base of pedicel; bracteoles randomly inserted along pedicel. Flowers bisexual, or unisexual and dioecious; sessile or pedicellate; tepals 5, free, equal or subequal; stamens (5-)8-22(-33), in 1 or 2 whorls, on a hypogynous disk; ovary 5-16-carpellate, carpels free or united, ovule 1 per carpel, basal, campylotropous, styles free, spreading or appressed-recurved. Fruits aggregations of 1-seeded drupelets ("berries") or syncarpous 5-16-loculed berries; seed 1 per cell, reniform or subreniform, black, shining, endosperm mealy, embryo curved or annular.

Distribution

Guianas present, New World tropics and subtropics present, nearly cosmopolitan present
Approximately 26 species, nearly cosmopolitan and with most species in the New World tropics and subtropics; 2 species in the Guianas.

Flowers

Flowers ;29
29. 004

Fruits

Fruits aggregations of drupelets ("berries") or syncarpous berries;30
30. 005

Habit

Herbs, shrubs or rarely trees.31
31. 001

Inflorescences

Inflorescences racemes or spikes, ;32
32. 003

Leaves

Leaves sessile or petiolate;33
33. 002