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2421.000 Portulaca
Description of the genus
Annual, biennial or perennial, often prostrate, herbs. Stipules of numerous hairs, rarely membranous or 0 [in ours?]. Leaves opposite or alternate, glabrous, fleshy. Flowers sessile or clustered at branch apices and surrounded by a group of leaves. Sepals 2, unequal, the larger enfolding the smaller. Petals 4-5(-6), shed quickly. Stamens 4-c.100. Ovary semi-inferior. Style simple with 2-several stigmas. Capsule dehiscing transversely. Worldwide: 40 species in tropical and warm regions |
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| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| collina Dinter | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W | |
| foliosa Ker Gawl. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C | |
| hereroensis Schinz | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| kermesina N.E. Br. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,S | Description, Image |
| oleracea L. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| quadrifida L. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| rhodesiana R.A. Dyer & E.A. Bruce[End][DD] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Portulaca:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Portulaca pageFlora of Mozambique: Portulaca
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Portulaca
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Portulaca
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Portulaca
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Portulaca
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Portulaca
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