Phytolacca (common name Pokeweed) specimen from Mexico

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BRIT Collections
Fort Worth, United States

Plant specimen of Phytolacca from Mexico deposited in the Vanderbilt University collection (VDB) at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. Catalog number: BRIT638741

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Title: Phytolacca (common name Pokeweed) specimen from Mexico
Creator: Unspecified
Physical Location: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Location Created: Mexico
Transcript:
PHYTOL ACCACEAE Phytolacca EDO. MEXICO: Along Mexican highway 153 between Temascal tepec and Toluca, 53 km SW of Toluca, at the turnoff to El Polvorin. Dry forest dominated by Pinus and Quercus. 19°03'N 100°02'w ca 2000 m 20 SEP 2021 (James S. Miller & John K. Myers 2614) PHYTOLACCACEAE Phytolacca rugosa Br. & Bouché Shrub l m tall, flowers pale pink, fruits purple, common along roadside. Botanical Research Institute of Texas Det. Ronald Liesner, 1989 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO) 26 April 1987 James S. Miller & John K. Myers 2614 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
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Type: Preserved plant specimen
Publisher: Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Rights: Botanical Research Institute of Texas. CC-BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
External Link: Specimen details

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