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Wild, H. (1961) Portulacaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2)
Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, usually glabrous and succulent. Stipules scarious, hair-like or 0. Leaves simple, opposite or alternate. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic. Sepals 2. Petals 4-6, often shed quickly. Stamens as many as petals or more numerous. Ovary superior or half-inferior (Portulaca), 1-locular. Fruit a capsule. Comment: Differs from the Caryophyllaceae in the 2 sepals. Worldwide: 32 genera and 380 species, cosmopolitan, with the highest concentration of species in arid areas of the Southern hemisphere. Zimbabwe: 3 cultivated genera and 4 cultivated taxa. |
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Portulaca L. | Description, Image |
Portulacaria Jacq. | Description |
Talinum Adans. | Description |
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