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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) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Subtaxa

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Quaternary or 2.58800 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
Quaternary2.588 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Portulaca sp. (228848)