English: Pokeweed family.
Botany: ± 15 genera, 100 species; tropical herbs; racemose flowers; fruits bright red.
Genera: Phytolacca; Agdestis; Ercilla; Rivina; Trichostigma.
DD: Podophyllum;
Carbon seriesTaxonomyIn the Apg2 and
Apg3 classification Phytolaccaceae is placed in the Order
Caryophyllales. It forms a suborder together with
Aizoaceae,
Achatocarpaceae,
Barbeuiaceae,
Lophiocarpaceae, Darcobataceae,
Nyctaginaceae and
Stegnospermataceae. Several subfamilies have been split off from
Phytolaccaceae to form new families like
Achatocarpaceae,
Barbeuiaceae,
Gisekiaceae,
Gyrostemonaceae,
Lophiocarpaceae,
Microteaceae and
Stegnospermataceae.
In the
Plant theory Phytolaccaceae is in the
Aizoales Order and placed in
Subphase 4.