Portulaca

Portulaca
	A Large array of Portulaca umbraticola and Portulaca oleracea (middle right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Portulacaceae
Genus:	Portulaca; L.[1]
Species
	about 40-100, see text
Synonyms
	Sedopsis (Engl.) Exell & Mendonça[1]

Portulaca (/ˌpɔːrtjuːˈleɪkə/,[2] purslane) is the type genus of the flowering plant family Portulacaceae, comprising about 40-100 species found in the tropics and warm temperate regions. They are also known as purslanes.

Portulaca 'All Aglow'

Portulaca grandiflora 'Bicolor'

Common purslane (Portulaca oleracea) is widely considered an edible plant, and in some areas it is invasive. Some Portulaca species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the nutmeg moth (Hadula trifolii).

Selected species

Portulaca amilis Speg. – Paraguayan purslane
Portulaca andicola
Portulaca bicolor – Pigweed
Portulaca biloba Urb. – Cuban purslane
Portulaca boliviensis
Portulaca caulerpoides Britt. & Wilson ex Britt. – Puerto Rican purslane
Portulaca cryptopetala
Portucala cyclophylla[3] F.Muell
Portulaca elatior
Portulaca elongata
Portulaca eruca
Portulaca fluvialis
Portulaca fragilis
Portulaca gilliesii
Portulaca gracilis
Portulaca grandiflora Hook. – Moss-rose purslane
Portulaca halimoides L. – Silkcotton purslane
Portulaca insularis
Portulaca intraterranea
Portulaca kuriensis A.G.Mill. (Yemen)
Portulaca lanuginosa
Portulaca longiusculotuberculata

Portulaca lutea Soland. ex G.Forst. – Yellow purslane
Portulaca minuta Correll
Portulaca molokiniensis Hobdy – ʻIhi
Portulaca mucronata
Portulaca napiformis
Portulaca oleracea L. – Common purslane, pigweed
Portulaca papulosa
Portulaca pedicellata
Portulaca perennis
Portulaca pilosa L. – Shaggy purslane
Portulaca psammotropha
Portulaca quadrifida L. – Chickenweed purslane
Portulaca rotundifolia
Portulaca rubricaulis – Redstem purslane
Portulaca samhaensis A.G.Mill. (Yemen)
Portulaca sclerocarpa A.Gray – ʻIhi makole
Portulaca sedifolia A.G.Mill. (Yemen)
Portulaca smallii P.Wilson – Small's purslane
Portulaca suffrutescens Engelm. – Shrubby purslane
Portulaca teretifolia – Roundleaf purslane
Portulaca umbraticola Kunth – Wingpod purslane
Portulaca villosa Cham. – Hairy purslane, ʻIhi[4][5]

Formerly placed here

Anacampseros arachnoides (Haw.) Sims (as P. arachnoides Haw.)
Anacampseros filamentosa subsp. filamentosa (as P. filamentosa Haw.)
Anacampseros lanceolata subsp. lanceolata (as P. lanceolata Haw.)
Anacampseros rufescens (Haw.) Sweet (as P. rufescens Haw.)
Anacampseros telephiastrum DC. (as P. anacampseros L.)
Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L. (as P. portulacastrum L.)
Talinum fruticosum (L.) Juss. (as P. fruticosa L. or P. triangularis Jacq.)
Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn. (as P. paniculata Jacq. or P. patens L.)[5]

Pink Portulaca Flower from volunteer plant growing in a pot indoors

Gallery

Purslane cultivar
Pickled purslane stems consumed in Armenia
Portulaca flowers
Portulaca flowers
Portulaca flowers
Portulaca flowers
Portulaca flowers
Portulaca flowers
Portulaca flowers
Portulaca flowers
Portulaca flowers
Portulaca flowers
Portulaca flowers
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Portulaca flowers
Portulaca flowers

References

"Genus: Portulaca L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1998-04-28. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
"Portulaca". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
"Portulaca cyclophylla". APNI. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
"Portulaca". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
"Species Records of Portulaca". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-03-04.

External links

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[GRIN-1] "Genus: Portulaca L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1998-04-28. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-03-04.

[2] "Portulaca". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

[3] "Portulaca cyclophylla". APNI. Retrieved 14 January 2021.

[ITIS-4] "Portulaca". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-03-04.

[GRINspecies-5] "Species Records of Portulaca". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-03-04.