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Agdestis
''Agdestis'' is a genus of flowering plants containing a single species ''Agdestis clematidea'', a vine native to Florida, Texas, Mexico, and Central America. Its common name rockroot refers to the large boulder-like root. Taxonomy ''Agdestis'' is usually placed in the Phytolaccaceae family. Its classification is uncertain, however, as several studies of molecular phylogenetics have found it to be possibly the sister taxon of ''Sarcobatus'', also of uncertain classification and often placed in its own family, Sarcobataceae ''Sarcobatus'' is a North American genus of two species of flowering plants, formerly considered to be a single species. Common names for ''S. vermiculatus'' include greasewood, seepwood, and saltbush. Traditionally, ''Sarcobatus'' has been .... References External links Monotypic Caryophyllales genera Taxa named by José Mariano Mociño Taxa named by Martín Sessé y Lacasta Taxa named by Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle {{Caryophyllale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phytolaccaceae
Phytolaccaceae is a family (biology), family of flowering plants. Though almost universally recognized by Taxonomy (biology), taxonomists, its circumscription has varied. It is also known as the Pokeweed family. The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), also recognizes this family and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. The family comprises five Genus, genera, totalling 33 known species. It is divided into the subfamilies Agdestioideae and Phytolaccoideae, with the former Rivinioideae in the Takhtajan system, now placed in its own family Petiveriaceae Genera and species The Phytolaccaceae includes the following genera: *''Agdestis'' Moc. & Sessé ex DC. — 1 species *''Anisomeria (plant), Anisomeria'' D.Don — 3 species *''Ercilla (plant), Ercilla'' A.Juss. — 2 species *''Nowickea'' J.Martínez & J.A.McDonald — 2 species *''Phytolacca'' L. — ca 25 species Former genera The following genera were previously in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |