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Common Pokeweed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Larry W. Mitich
Larry W. Mitich*
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Dep. Vegetable Crops, Univ. California, Davis, CA 95616
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Phytolaccaceae, virtually a tropical family, encompasses from 15 to 18 genera (11), usually herbs, but also a few tropical trees and shrubs (13). Of the 25 species in the genus Phytolacca (11), only one is represented in eastern North America (1).

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The Intriguing World of Weeds
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Weed Technology , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , December 1994 , pp. 887 - 890
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Copyright © 1994 Weed Science Society of America 

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