English: Rockroot.
Genus: 1 species.
Region: Florida, Texas, Mexico, Central America.
BotanyVine.
Root: large boulder-like
TaxonomyAgdestis is usually placed in the
Phytolaccaceae family. Its classification is uncertain, however, as several studies of molecular phylogenetics have found it to be possibly the sister taxon of Sarcobatus, also of uncertain classification and often placed in its own family,
Sarcobataceae.
Plant theory 2Agdestis and Sarcobatus are include in
Phytolaccaceae.