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• Type: Phytolacca L.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 32 [secondary reference]

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 193-194 [secondary reference]

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Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 333-334 [secondary reference]

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Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 132 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 248-250, Fig. 3.2 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Petiveriaceae C.Agardh legitimate

Hewson, H.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Phytolaccaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 1 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Phytolaccaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 93-94, 97 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Phytolaccaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 75 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Phytolaccaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 175 [secondary reference]

Rohwer, J.G. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Phytolaccaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 506-515, Fig. 108 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Phytolaccaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 101 [secondary reference]

Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 108, 111 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Phytolaccaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 175 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 790 [secondary reference]

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 418 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Petiveriaceae C.Agardh legitimate taxonomic synonym: Agdestidaceae Nakai legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 396 [secondary reference]

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 95 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sarcocaceae Raf. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Petiveriaceae C.Agardh legitimate

• APC Comment: Petiveriaceae is recognised as distinct in Qld, represented by Monococcus and Rivina
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), CoI (naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (formerly naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 663, 933 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Petiveriaceae C.Agardh legitimate taxonomic synonym: Agdestidaceae Nakai legitimate

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 115 [secondary reference]

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 26 (photo) [secondary reference]

common name: Inkweed [n/a]

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