2421.000 Portulaca L.

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

Portulaca oleracea

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SpeciesLinks to mapsFZ divisionsContent
collina DinterN,W
foliosa Ker Gawl.N,W,C
hereroensis SchinzN,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
kermesina N.E. Br.W,SDescription, Image
oleracea L.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
quadrifida L.N,W,E,SDescription, Image
rhodesiana R.A. Dyer & E.A. Bruce[End][DD]N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Portulaca:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Portulaca page
Flora 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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Portulaca.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=565, retrieved 22 May 2013

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