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The Portulacaceae are a family of flowering plants, comprising 115 species in a single genus Portulaca. Formerly some 20 genera with about 500 species, were placed there, but it is now restricted to encompass only one genus, the other genera being placed elsewhere.
Portulaca (/ ˌ p ɔːr tj uː ˈ l eɪ k ə /) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Portulacaceae, and is the type genus of the family. With over 100 species, it is found in the tropics and warm temperate regions. Portulacas are also known as the purslanes.
Portulaca oleracea ( common purslane, also known as little hogweed, or pursley) [1] is an annual (actually tropical perennial in USDA growing zones 10–11) succulent in the family Portulacaceae . Description. P. oleracea flower. The plant may reach 40 centimetres (16 inches) in height.
Portulaca grandiflora is a succulent flowering plant in the purslane family Portulacaceae, native to southern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay and often cultivated in gardens. [2] [3] It has many common names , including rose moss , [4] eleven o'clock , [3] Mexican rose , [3] moss rose , [3] sun rose , [5] table rose , [ citation needed ] rock ...
Portulacaceae, the purslane family of flowering plants, in the order Caryophyllales, with about 15 genera and 500 species of herbs or small shrubs, native primarily to the Pacific coast of North America and southern South America. Members of the family have leaves that often are fleshy and
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Portulacaceae Juss. Portulacineae is a suborder of flowering plants in the order Caryophyllales comprising the families Anacampserotaceae, Basellaceae, Cactaceae (cacti), Didiereaceae, Halophytaceae, Montiaceae, Portulacaceae, and Talinaceae. All three major kinds of succulent plant — stem succulents, leaf succulents, and caudiciform plants ...
