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Portulacaceae (purslane)

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Portulacaceae

Taxonomy
Portulacaceae was named by de Jussieu (1789). It is extant.

It was assigned to Caryophyllales by Mabberley (2000), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Subtaxa
Portulaca

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Portulacaceae de Jussieu
2000Portulacaceae Mabberley
2016Portulacaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 19

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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
familyPortulacaceaede Jussieu 1789

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.

Fm. Portulacaceae de Jussieu 1789 [purslane]
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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 14:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Quaternary or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Portulaca sp. (228848)