Portulaca Linnaeus 1753 (purslane)

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Portulacaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Portulacaceae according to M. S. Chauhan 1991

See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Portulaca anacampseros Portulaca oleracea Portulaca pilosa Portulaca portulacastrum

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Type: Portulaca oleracea

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Kakathope Swamp, Fingerpost, Ooty ( of India)

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