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Portulaca

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Portulacaceae

Taxonomy
Portulaca was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Portulaca oleracea.

It was assigned to Portulacaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991).

Species
P. anacampseros, P. oleracea (type species), P. pilosa, P. portulacastrum
Entered
by B. Allen on 2022-06-03; modified by B. Allen on 2024-07-17

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Portulaca Linnaeus
1976Portulaca Lakhanpal et al.
1991Portulaca Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
orderCaryophyllales
familyPortulacaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusPortulaca

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Portulaca Linnaeus 1753
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Portulaca anacampseros Linnaeus 1753
Portulaca oleracea Linnaeus 1753
Portulaca pilosa Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available