Phytolacca americana — Common names

American Pokeweed learn more about names for this taxon

Many people know organisms only by the common names, or "vernacular" names. Unlike scientific names, common names are almost always different for speakers of different languages. They may also vary regionally within a language. This tab shows all the common names provided to EOL for this organism from a variety of providers, including EOL curators. Currently we can only set one preferred common name per language on a given EOL page, but all the names should be searchable.

Common names listed by language

Preferred marks the preferred name for each language.

English

Name Sources Status
American Pokeweed Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), NCBI Taxonomy, Unknown, uBio Trusted
Common Pokeberry NCBI Taxonomy Trusted
Common Pokeweed Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), JELA All Categories Full Species List January 2013, NCBI Taxonomy, NatureServe resource, Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted
Garget uBio Unknown
Inkberry Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), JELA All Categories Full Species List January 2013, uBio Trusted
Pigeon Berry uBio Unknown
Pigeonberry Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), uBio Trusted
Poke Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), uBio Trusted
Poke Root uBio Unknown
Pokeberry Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), uBio Trusted
Pokeweed Illinois Wildflowers, Insect Visitors of Illinois Wildflowers, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), JELA All Categories Full Species List January 2013, Unknown, uBio Trusted
Red Stem Pokeweed NCBI Taxonomy Trusted
Scoke uBio Unknown
Virginia Poke NCBI Taxonomy Trusted

Chinese

Name Sources Status
垂序商陆 Taxonomic Hierarchy of COL-China 2012 Trusted
洋商陆 Taxonomic Hierarchy of COL-China 2012 Trusted
美商陆 Taxonomic Hierarchy of COL-China 2012 Trusted
美国商陆 Taxonomic Hierarchy of COL-China 2012 Trusted
美洲商陆 Taxonomic Hierarchy of COL-China 2012 Trusted

Finnish

Name Sources Status
kermesmarja uBio Unknown

French

Name Sources Status
phytolaque d'Amérique Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted

Italian

Name Sources Status
erba cremesina uBio Unknown
fitolacca uBio Unknown

Korean

Name Sources Status
ppalganjargong uBio Unknown

Portuguese

Name Sources Status
Baga-moira Valter Jacinto Trusted
Tintureira Valter Jacinto Trusted

Romanian

Name Sources Status
cârmâz uBio Unknown

Russian

Name Sources Status
lakomos amerikanskij uBio Unknown
лакомос американский uBio Unknown

Spanish

Name Sources Status
bledo uBio Unknown
Phytolacca americana Unknown Trusted

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