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404.0000 Family Portulacaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 312 (1789), nom. cons., s. str.
1 genus, ca. 110-140 spp. This family is now reduced to only one genus, formerly comprising many more which are now segregated into separate families.
Species listed in database: 149
= Portulaceae Dumort.; Fl. Belg. [Dumortier] 86 (1827)
= Portulacinae E.Franz; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42(Beibl. 97): 44 (1908)
= Portulacineae Engl.; Syllabus (ed. 2): 113 (1898)
= Portulacoideae Burnett; Outlines Bot. [Burnett] 739, 1131 (1835)
404.0001 Genus Portulaca L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 445 (1753)
Distribution: trop., subtrop., and warm-temp. regions, mostly South America, several worldwide. The situation around the highly variable P. oleracea is unclear - it is split by some authors in many microtaxa, which can be separated only on seed characteristics, and they might be only varieties.
Species listed in database: 149
= Lemia Vand.; Fl. Lusit. Brasil. Spec. 35, t. 2, f. 15 (1788)
= Merida Neck.; Elem. Bot. [Necker] 2: 382 (1790), nom. inval.
= Meridiana L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 248 (1782)
= Sedopsis (Engl. ex D.Legrand) Exell & Mendonça; Contr. Conhec. Fl. Angola 1: 116 (1937)
= Halimus P.Browne; Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica 206 (1756)
species :
Portulaca africana (Danin & H.G.Baker) Danin; Lagascalia 26: 76 (2006)
Distribution: Sicily; Egypt; Mauritania; Mali; Uganda; Zimbabwe; China (Hongkong, Hainan); etc.
13 SIC 20 EGY 22 MLI MTN 25 UGA 26 ZIM 36 CHI
Remarks: oleracea agg.
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. africana Danin & H.G.Baker; Israel J. Bot. 27: 187 (1979)
= Portulaca sicula Danin, Domina & Raimondo; Fl. Medit. 18: 92 (2008) [tentative synonym]
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. sicula (Danin, Domina & Raimondo) J.Walter; Fl. Slovenska 6(2): 657 (2012)
species :
Portulaca almeviae Ocampo; Phytotaxa 413(4): 291 (2019)
Distribution: Mexico (Jalisco)
79 MEX
species :
Portulaca amilis Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 92: 104 (1921)
Name: Paraguayan purslane
Distribution: USA [I] (Alabama [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], North Carolina [I], South Carolina [I]); Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Central, Concepcion); Uruguay (Artigas); Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Tucuman)
78 usa 83 BOL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca amilis var. minensis D.Legrand; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 7(3): 68 (1962)
= Portulaca amilis var. pilgeri (Poelln.) D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2(27): 17 (1953)
= Portulaca amilis var. rosengurttii D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 1(1): 22 (1942)
= Portulaca catharinae Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 211 (1940), nom. superfl.
= Portulaca glazioviana D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2: No. 27, 7 (1953)
= Portulaca mucronata Glaz.; (1905)
= Portulaca pilgeri Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 212 (1940)
= Portulaca pilosa var. paraguayensis Hauman & Irigoyen; Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 32: 157 (1923), nom. illeg.
= Portulaca rubricaulis J.F.Macbr.; nom. illeg., non Kunth
= Portulaca schenckii Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 213 (1940)
= Portulaca striata Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 163 (1933)
species :
Portulaca argentinensis Speg.; Physis (Buenos Aires) 3: 171 (1917)
Distribution: Argentina (Salta)
85 ARG
species :
Portulaca aurantiaca Proctor; J. Arnold Arbor. 63(3): 237 (1982)
Distribution: Jamaica
81 JAM
species :
Portulaca badamica S.R.Yadav & Dalavi; Phytotaxa 376(1): 69 (2018)
Distribution: India
40 IND
Remarks: valid species and not a synonym of P. tuberosa fide Dalavi et al. 2024
species :
Portulaca bicolor F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 1: 171 (1859)
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca armitii (F.Muell.); Fragm. [Mueller] 10: 97 (1877)
= Portulaca bicolor var. purpurea Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 298 (1934)
= Portulaca bicolor var. rosea Maiden & Betche; Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 31: 732 (1906 publ. 1907)
= Sedopsis armitii (F.Muell.) Poelln.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 15: 151 (1941)
species :
Portulaca biloba Urb.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 355 (1926)
Distribution: Cuba; Venezuela; NE-Brazil
81 CUB 82 VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca cinerea Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 158 (1933)
= Portulaca poliosperma var. bistigmatata Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 101 (1941)
= Portulaca poliosperma var. cubensis Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5(2): 342 (1907)
= Portulaca poliosperma var. tristigmatata Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 101 (1941), nom. superfl.
= Portulaca teretifolia subsp. cubensis (Urb.) M.D.Ortega; Feddes Repert. 96: 557 (1985)
= Portulaca teretifolia var. cubensis (Urb.) D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2(24): 6 (1952)
species :
Portulaca brevifolia Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 340 (1907)
Distribution: Cuba; Haiti; Venezuela (Tachira)
81 CUB HIS 82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca brevifolia var. nana (Urb.) M.D.Ortega; Feddes Repert. 96: 555 (1985)
= Portulaca brevifolia var. stellatis M.D.Ortega; Feddes Repert. 96: 556 (1985)
= Portulaca nana Urb.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 447 (1914)
= Portulaca nana var. linearifolia Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 282 (1934)
= Portulaca paucistaminata Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 97 (1941)
species :
Portulaca bulbifera M.G.Gilbert; Nordic J. Bot. 14: 309 (1994)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; N-Kenya
24 ETH 25 KEN
species :
Portulaca californica D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2: No. 22, 2 (1952)
Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Sur)
79 MEX
species :
Portulaca canariensis Danin & Reyes-Bet.; Lagascalia 26: 77 (2006)
Name: Kanaren-Portulak (DE); Verdolaga canario (ES)
Distribution: Canary Isl. (Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote)
21 CNY
Remarks: oleracea agg.
species :
Portulaca cardenasiana D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2: No. 27, 9 (1953)
Distribution: Bolivia
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Portulaca caulerpoides Britton & Wilson; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 515 (1915)
Distribution: SW-Puerto Rico (incl. Mona Isl., Caja de Muerto)
81 PUE
species :
Portulaca centrali-africana R.E.Fr.; Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-1912 1: 35 (1914)
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Uganda; W-Kenya; NW-Tanzania
23 BUR RWA ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA
species :
Portulaca chacoana D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2: No. 27, 1 (1953)
Distribution: Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Pres. Hayes); Argentina (Chaco, Formosa)
85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca fluvialis var. argentinensis Legrand; (1949)
species :
Portulaca ciferrii Chiov.; Atti Ist. Bot. Univ. Pavia, Ser. 4, 7 (Fl. Somala III): 122 (1936)
Distribution: S-Somalia; SE-Kenya
24 SOM 25 KEN
species :
Portulaca clavigera R.Geesink; Blumea 17: 289 (1969)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
species :
Portulaca colombiana D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2: No. 22, 4 (1952)
Distribution: Colombia (Bolívar); Venezuela (Nueva Esparta, Sucre)
82 CLM VEN
species :
Portulaca commutata M.G.Gilbert; Nordic J. Bot. 14(3): 308 (1994)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca usambarensis var. obtusa Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 190 (1940)
= Portulaca usambarensis var. tuberculata Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 190 (1940)
species :
Portulaca confertifolia Hauman; Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Bernardino Rivadavia 32: 154 (1923), nomen, et An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 33: 438 (1925), descr.
Distribution: Argentina (Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, San Juan, San Luis)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca gilliesii Speg.; (nom. illeg.)
variant :
var. cordobensis D.Legrand; Lilloa 17: 360, fig. 19 (1949)
Distribution: Argentina (Cordoba, San Luis)
85 ARG
species :
Portulaca conoidea S.M.Phillips; Kew Bull. 55(3): 693 (2000)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
Remarks: only known from type collected in 1974
species :
Portulaca constricta M.G.Gilbert; Nordic J. Bot. 14(3): 307 (1994)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia (Ogaden); N-Somalia
24 ETH SOM
species :
Portulaca conzattii P.Wilson; Torreya 28: 28 (1928)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua
79 MEX 80 GUA HON NIC
species :
Portulaca coralloides S.M.Phillips; Kew Bull. 55(3): 695 (2000)
Distribution: E-Kenya
25 KEN
species :
Portulaca cryptopetala Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 82: 217 (1916)
Distribution: Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Paraguari); Uruguay (Artigas, Canelones, Durazno, Flores Prov., Montevideo, Paysandu, Rocha, Salto, Treinta y Tres); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucuman)
83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca cryptopetala f. phaenopetala Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 92: 100, fig. 4 (1921)
= Portulaca cryptopetala f. saltensis (D.Legrand) D.Legrand; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 7: 38 (1962)
= Portulaca cryptopetala subsp. diversifolia (Poelln.) D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 1(1): 18 (1942)
= Portulaca cryptopetala var. diversifolia (Poelln.) D.Legrand; Lilloa 17: 344 (1949)
= Portulaca cryptopetala var. legrandii (Poelln.) D.Legrand; Lilloa 17: 341 (1949)
= Portulaca cryptopetala var. spegazzinii (Hauman) D.Legrand; Lilloa 17: 343 (1949)
= Portulaca diversifolia Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 160 (1933)
= Portulaca diversifolia var. angustata Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 108 (1941)
= Portulaca diversifolia var. legrandii (Poelln.) D.Legrand; Physis (Buenos Aires) 15: 406 (1939)
= Portulaca diversifolia var. saltensis D.Legrand; Physis (Buenos Aires) 15: 407 (1939)
= Portulaca expatriata Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 61 (1941)
= Portulaca jacobseniana G.D.Rowley; Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 21: 81 (1966)
= Portulaca legrandii Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 108 (1935)
= Portulaca pilosa var. simpliciuscula (Mart. ex Rohrb.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 15 (1898)
= Portulaca poellnitziana Werderm. & Jacobsen; Handb. Succ. Pl. [Jacobsen] 2: 744 (1960), nom. illeg.
= Portulaca simpliciuscula Mart. ex Rohrb.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 301 (1872)
= Portulaca simpliciuscula var. spegazzinii Hauman; Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 32: 444 (1925)
species :
Portulaca cubensis Britton & P.Wilson; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 64 (1920)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Portulaca cyclophylla F.Muell.; Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, Ser. 2, 5: 16 (1890)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca conspicua Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 97 (1925)
species :
Portulaca cypria Danin; Fl. Medit. 18: 92 (2008)
Distribution: Belgium; France [I]; Germany [I]; Switzerland; Sicily; Romania; Greece; Crete; Algeria; Egypt; East Aegaean Isl. (incl. Rhodos); Cyprus; Jordania
11 BGM ger SWI 12 fra 13 GRC KRI ROM SIC 20 ALG EGY 34 CYP EAI JOR
Remarks: oleracea agg. Distribution incomplete
species :
Portulaca daninii Galasso, Banfi & Soldano; Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano 152(2): 96 (2011), nom. nov.
Distribution: Colombia; Surinam; Peru; Brazil
82 CLM SUR 83 PER 84 BRA
Remarks: oleracea agg.
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca avinoamii García-Beltrán; Brittonia 73(3): 300 (2021), nom. nov. superfl.
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. tuberculata Danin & H.G.Baker; Israel J. Bot. 27(3-4): 194 (1978 publ. 1979)
= Portulaca tuberculata (Danin & H.G.Baker) Danin; Lagascalia 26: 76 (2006), nom. illeg.
species :
Portulaca decipiens Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 159, 165 (1933)
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca pilosa subsp. decipiens (Poelln.) R.Geesink; Blumea 17(2): 297 (1969)
species :
Portulaca decorticans M.G.Gilbert; Kew Bull. 47(4): 693 (1992)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; S-Somalia; N-Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
species :
Portulaca dhofarica M.G.Gilbert; Kew Bull. 55(4): 788 (2000)
Distribution: Oman
35 OMA
species :
Portulaca digyna F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 1: 170 (1859)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
50 AUS
species :
Portulaca dodomaensis M.G.Gilbert; Kew Bull. 55(4): 800 (2000)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Remarks: only known from type collected in 1962
species :
Portulaca echinosperma Hauman; Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Bernardino Rivadavia 32: 441 (1925)
Distribution: Argentina (Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman)
85 ARG
species :
Portulaca edulis Danin & Bagella; Willdenowia 42(1): 63 (2012)
Distribution: Sudan; Turkey; Cyprus; Lebanon
24 SUD 34 CYP LEB TUR
Remarks: oleracea agg.
species :
Portulaca elatior Mart. ex Rohrb.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 302 (1872)
Distribution: Cuba; Dominican Republic; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia (Boyacá, Cauca, Santander, Vichada); Isla Margarita; Venezuela (Bolívar, Dependencias Federales, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Guarico, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira); Bolivia (La Paz); N-Brazil (Pará, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Goiás); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro)
81 ARU BON CUB CUR HIS VEN 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca catingaensis Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 109 (1941)
= Portulaca erecta Urb. & Ekman; Ark. Bot. 23A(11): p. 9 (1931)
= Portulaca milleri Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 344 (1907)
= Portulaca urbaniana Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 102 (1941) (Aruba)
= Portulaca venezuelensis Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 344 (1907)
species :
Portulaca elongata Rusby; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 7 (1896)
Distribution: Argentina (Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca amboensis J.F.Macbr.; Candollea 5: 350 (1934)
= Portulaca pedicellata var. cochabambensis D.Legrand; Lilloa 17: 356 (1949)
= Portulaca pilosa f. maxima Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 15 (1898)
variant :
var. pedicellata (D.Legrand) D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2 (no. 27): 13 (1953)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Tarija); Argentina (Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta)
83 BOL PER 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca amboensis var. pedicellata (D.Legrand) D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2(24): 10 (1952)
= Portulaca pedicellata D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 1: No. 15, 7 (1945)
species :
Portulaca eruca Hauman; Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Bernardino Rivadavia 32: 154 (1923), nomen, et An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 32: 440 (1925), descr.
Distribution: Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay); Argentina (Cordoba, Santiago del Estero, San Luis)
83 BOL 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca cordobensis Hosseus; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 76 (1921)
species :
Portulaca erythraeae Schweinf.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 4(App. 2): 171 (1896)
Distribution: ?Sudan; Eritrea
24 ERI
species :
Portulaca fascicularis Peter ex Gilbert & Phillips; Kew Bull. 55: 782 (2000)
Distribution: SE-Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca fascicularis Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(2): 267, in clavi, germanice
species :
Portulaca ferricola J.R.Ferraz & Hassemer; Phytotaxa 560(1): 72 (2022), nom. nov.
Distribution: Argentina
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca mucronulata var. microphylla D.Legrand; Lilloa 17: 355, fig. 16 (1949)
species :
Portulaca filifolia F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 1: 169 (1859)
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, Western Australia, Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca filifolia var. humilis Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 303 (1934)
species :
Portulaca filsonii J.H.Willis; Muelleria 3(2): 89 (1975)
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Sedopsis filsonii (J.H.Willis) J.H.Willis; Vict. Naturalist 94(2): 71 (1977)
species :
Portulaca fischeri Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17(5): 585 (1893)
Distribution: Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
25 KEN TAN UGA
species :
Portulaca foliosa Ker Gawl.; Bot. Reg. t. 793 (1824)
Distribution: Mauritania; Senegal; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; SW-Chad; ?Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; South Africa (Limpopo, N-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Saudi Arabia; Yemen (W-Yemen)
22 BEN BKN GUI IVO MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN TOG 23 CAF CMN CON ZAI 24 CHA ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 NAM SAF SWZ 35 SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca fischeri var. robusta Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 207 (1940)
= Portulaca foliosa var. nitidissima Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 63 (1941)
= Portulaca guineensis Lindl. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 353 (1828)
= Portulaca guineensis var. nitidissima (Poelln.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXII (1969)
= Portulaca prolifera Schumach. & Thonn.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. [Schumacher] 239 (1827)
= Portulaca stelliformis DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 353 (1828)
variant :
var. lateritia Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 63-64 (1941)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
species :
Portulaca fragilis Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 61 (1941)
Distribution: Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Portulaca frieseana Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 117 (1940)
Distribution: WC-Brazil (Goiás); SE-Brazil (São Paulo)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca regnelliana D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2: No. 27, 6 (1953)
species :
Portulaca fulgens Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 30 (1879)
Distribution: Argentina (Catamarca, La Rioja, San Luis, Tucuman)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca pilosa var. fulgens (Griseb.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 15 (1898)
species :
Portulaca gilliesii Hook.; Bot. Mag. t. 3064 (1831)
Distribution: Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Central); Uruguay (Rio Negro); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Salta, Santa Fe, San Luis, Tucuman)
83 BOL 85 ARG PAR URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca arenicola Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 214 (1940)
= Portulaca eriophora Casar.; Nov. Stirp. Bras. 2: 23 (1842)
= Portulaca gilliesii var. chacoensis D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 1(1): 38 (1942)
= Portulaca gilliesii var. pedicellata D.Legrand; Lilloa 17: 351 (1949)
= Portulaca gilliesii var. uruguayensis D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 1(1): 39 (1942)
= Portulaca pilosa var. eriophora (Casar.) Hauman; Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 32: 443 (1925)
= Portulaca tinctoria Larrañaga; Escritos Damaso Antonio Larrañaga 2: 161 (1923)
species :
Portulaca giuliettiae T.Vieira & A.A.Coelho; Phytotaxa 270(2): 106 (2016)
Distribution: Brazil (Bahia)
84 BRA
species :
Portulaca goiasensis T.Vieira & A.A.Coelho; Phytotaxa 270(2): 109 (2016)
Distribution: Brazil (Goiás)
84 BRA
species :
Portulaca gracilis Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 107 (1941)
Distribution: Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Portulaca grandiflora Hook.; Bot. Mag. t. 2885 (1829)
Name: Don Diego americano, Don Diego gigante, Rose moss (EN), Großblütiger Portulak (DE)
Distribution: Germany [I]; Slovakia [I]; Hungary [I]; France [I]; Italy [I]; Croatia [I]; Bosnia & Hercegovina [I]; Bulgaria [I]; Gambia [I]; Guinea [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Togo [I]; Benin [I]; Cameroon [I]; Central African Republic [I]; Chad [I]; South Africa [I]; Uzbekistan [I]; Tajikistan [I]; Northern Caucasus [I]; Afghanistan [I]; China [I]; South Korea [I]; Ryukyu Isl. [I]; Taiwan [I]; Pakistan [I]; Nepal [I]; India [c]; Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives] [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Andaman Isl. [I]; Nicobar Isl. [I]; Myanmar [I]; Thailand [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; South China Sea Isl. [I]; Java [I]; Australia [I] (New South Wales [I]); Rotuma Isl. [I]; Niue [I]; Fiji [I]; Vanuatu [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I], Mangaia [I], Aitutaki [I], Manihiki [I], Rakahanga [I]); Palau [I] (Babeldaob [I]); Northern Marianas [I] (Aguijan [I]); Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I]); Canada [I] (Ontario [I]); USA [I] (Alabama [I], Arizona [I], Arkansas [I], California [I], Colorado [I], Connecticut [I], Delaware [I], District of Columbia [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Illinois [I], Indiana [I], Iowa [I], Kansas [I], Kentucky [I], Louisiana [I], Maryland [I], Massachusetts [I], Michigan [I], Minnesota [I], Mississippi [I], Missouri [I], Nebraska [I], Nevada [I], New Hampshire [I], New Jersey [I], New Mexico [I], New York [I], North Carolina [I], North Dakota [I], Ohio [I], Oklahoma [I], Pennsylvania [I], Rhode Island [I], South Carolina [I], South Dakota [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I], Vermont [I], Virginia [I], West Virginia [I], Wisconsin [I]); Mexico [I]; Belize [I]; Honduras [I]; Panama [I]; Cuba [I]; Cayman Isl. [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (Virgin Gorda [I]); St. Barthélémy [I]; St. Eustatius [I]; St. Lucia [I]; Venezuela [I]; Guyana [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]; Ecuador [I]; Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Beni, Tarija); NE-Brazil (Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Pres. Hayes, Central, Concepcion, Misiones); Uruguay (Artigas, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Salto, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Salta, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman)
11 ger hun slo 12 fra 13 bih bul cro ita 22 ben bkn gam gui tog 23 caf cmn 24 cha 27 saf 32 tzk uzb 33 ncs 34 afg 36 chi 38 kor nns tai 40 ban ind ldv nep pak srl 41 and cbd mya ncb tha vie 42 jaw scs 50 aus 60 fij nue rot van 61 coo 62 gum mic mrn plu 72 cdn 73 usa 74 usa 75 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 mex 80 blz hon pan 81 cay cub his pue sba ste stl vir 82 frg guy sur ven 83 BOL ecu PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca boliviensis Poelln.; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 272 (1943)
= Portulaca caryophylloides E.Vilm.; Fl. Pleine Terre, éd. 2: 722 (1866)
= Portulaca fluvialis D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 1: No. 1, 25 (1942)
= Portulaca fluvialis var. boliviensis D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2(27): 20 (1953)
= Portulaca fluvialis var. depressa D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 1(1): 28 (1942)
= Portulaca fluvialis var. tacuaremboensis D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2(27): 21 (1953)
= Portulaca grandiflora f. aurantiaca (Sweet) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 15 (1898)
= Portulaca grandiflora f. depressa (D.Legrand) D.Legrand; Lilloa 17: 366 (1949)
= Portulaca grandiflora f. granulata D.Legrand; Lilloa 17: 367 (1949)
= Portulaca grandiflora subsp. cisplatina (D.Legrand) D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 1(15): 1 (1945)
= Portulaca grandiflora subsp. ruizii D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 1(15): 4 (1945)
= Portulaca grandiflora var. aurantiaca Sweet; Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2: 219 (1830)
= Portulaca grandiflora var. boliviensis (Poelln.) D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2(27): 21 (1953)
= Portulaca grandiflora var. cisplatina (D.Legrand) D.Legrand; Lilloa 17: 367 (1949)
= Portulaca grandiflora var. depressa D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 1(1): 28 (1942)
= Portulaca grandiflora var. immersostellulata (Poelln.) D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2(27): 15 (1953)
= Portulaca grandiflora var. macrophylla Rohrb.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 302 (1872)
= Portulaca grandiflora var. major Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Misc. 3: 331 (1833)
= Portulaca grandiflora var. microphylla Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Misc. 3: 331 (1833)
= Portulaca grandiflora var. osteniana D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 1(15): 6 (1945)
= Portulaca grandiflora var. purpurea Sweet; Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2: 219 (1830)
= Portulaca grandiflora var. tacuaremboensis D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2(27): 21 (1953)
= Portulaca hilaireana G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 74 (1834)
= Portulaca immersostellulata Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 161 (1933)
= Portulaca immersostellulata var. galanderi Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 110 (1941)
= Portulaca immersostellulata var. uruguayensis Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 110 (1933)
= Portulaca megalantha Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 383 (1841)
= Portulaca mendocinensis Gillies ex Rohrb.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): (1872)
= Portulaca multistaminata Poelln.; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 71 (1942)
= Portulaca pilosa subsp. cisplatina D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 1(1): 30, fig. 8A, 9
= Portulaca pilosa subsp. grandiflora (Hook.) R.Geesink; Blumea 17(2): 297 (1969)
= Portulaca pilosa var. grandiflora (Hook.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 15 (1898)
= Portulaca pilosa var. microphylla (Hook. & Arn.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 15 (1898)
= Portulaca pilosa var. osteniana D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 1(1): 32 (1942)
= Portulaca rupicola Poelln.; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 277 (1943)
= Portulaca splendens Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 29: t. 34 (1843)
species :
Portulaca grandis Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(2: Suppl.): 34 (1938)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; Kenya; NE-Tanzania
24 ETH 25 KEN TAN
species :
Portulaca greenwayi M.G.Gilbert; Kew Bull. 55(4): 775 (2000)
Distribution: SE-Kenya
25 KEN
species :
Portulaca guanajuatensis Ocampo; Acta Bot. Mex. 58: 1 (2002)
Distribution: Mexico (Guanajuato, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi)
79 MEX
species :
Portulaca halimoides L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus], ed. 2: 639 (1763)
Name: Silkcotton purslane
Distribution: USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Yucatan); Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Anegada, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; St. Eustatius; Antigua; Barbuda; Redonda; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenada; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia (Amazonas, Atlántico, La Guajira, Magdalena); Isla Margarita; Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Zulia); Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Tocantins); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
73 USA 74 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX 81 ABA AGU ARU BAH BON CAY CUB CUR DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE SBA STE STL STM TCI VEN VIR 82 CLM VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca eitenii D.Legrand; Phytologia 16: 57 (1968)
= Portulaca halimoides var. brasiliensis Poelln.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 15: 35 (1941)
= Portulaca haughtii J.F.Macbr.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 21 (1931)
= Portulaca martinicensis Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 342 (1907)
= Portulaca minutiflora Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 107 (1941)
= Portulaca parvula A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 274 (1887)
= Portulaca pilosa var. halimoides (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 15 (1898)
= Portulaca pilosa var. setacea (Haw.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 354 (1828)
= Portulaca saxea Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 202 (1829)
= Portulaca setacea Haw.; Misc. Nat. 139 (1803)
= Portulaca stipitata D.Legrand; Anais Reunião Sul-Amer. Bot. 3: 98 (1938 publ. 1939)
= Portulaca ulei Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 108 (1941)
species :
Portulaca hatschbachii D.Legrand; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 7: No. 3, 105 (1962)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca diegoi Mattos; Loefgrenia 85: [1] (1984)
species :
Portulaca hereroensis Schinz; Mém. Herb. Boissier 29, 18 (1900)
Distribution: Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Free State, N-Cape Prov.)
25 TAN 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca carrissoana (Exell & Mendonça) Nyananyo; Taxon 35: 592 (1986)
= Sedopsis carrissoana Exell & Mendonça; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 13: 308 (1939)
= Sedopsis hereroensis (Schinz) Exell & Mendonça; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 13: 309 (1939)
species :
Portulaca heterophylla Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(2: Suppl.): 33-34 (1938)
Distribution: E-Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca mkatensis Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 182 (1940)
species :
Portulaca hirsutissima Cambess.; Fl. Bras. Merid. [A.St.-Hilaire] 2: 191 (1829)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); WC-Brazil (Goiás); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca pilosa var. hirsutissima (Cambess.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 15 (1898)
species :
Portulaca hoehnei D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 3: No. 33, 3 (1958)
Distribution: Brazil (Mato Grosso)
84 BRA
species :
Portulaca howellii (D.Legrand) Eliasson; Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 60: 428 (1966)
Distribution: Galapagos
83 GAL
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca lutea var. howellii D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2 (no. 27): 11, t. 6 (1953)
species :
Portulaca humilis Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(2): 267 (1938), in clavi, germanice; et Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih., 40(2, Anhang): 35 (1938), latine
Distribution: N-Tanzania
25 TAN
Remarks: only known from type
species :
Portulaca impolita (Danin & H.G.Baker) Danin; Lagascalia 26: 76 (2006)
Distribution: USA (Texas, California, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico); Mexico (Baja California Norte)
73 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
Remarks: oleracea agg.
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. impolita Danin & H.G.Baker; Israel J. Bot. 27(3-4): 195 (1978 publ. 1979)
species :
Portulaca insignis Steyerm.; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75(3): 1058 (1988)
Distribution: Venezuela (Bolívar)
82 VEN
species :
Portulaca intraterranea J.M.Black; Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. South Australia 50: 283 (1926)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
50 AUS
species :
Portulaca johnstonii Henrickson; Madroño 28(2): 78 (1981)
Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Sonora)
79 MEX
species :
Portulaca juliomartinezii Ocampo; Phytotaxa 347(1): 90 (2018)
Distribution: Mexico (Queretaro, Guanajuato)
79 MEX
species :
Portulaca kermesina N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 91 (1909)
Distribution: Rwanda; Burundi; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; E-Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe; S-Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Saudi Arabia (Jebel Shada)
23 BUR RWA 24 ERI ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 35 SAU
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca crocodilorum Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 62 (1941)
= Portulaca holosericea Peter; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl., Ser. 2, 13(2): 120 (1928), et Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(2, Anh.): 36 (1938)
= Portulaca rubriflora Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 104 (1941)
= Portulaca tenera Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(2, Anh.): 36 (1938)
variant :
var. lutea (Poelln.) S.M.Phillips; Kew Bull. 55(3): 696 (2000)
Distribution: Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
24 SOM 25 KEN TAN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca fischeri var. lutea Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 179 (1940)
species :
Portulaca kuriensis M.G.Gilbert; Kew Bull. 55(4): 789 (2000)
Distribution: ?NE-Somalia; Abd-al-Kuri Isl.
24 SOC
species :
Portulaca lanuginosa Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] (quarto ed.) 6: 74 (1823)
Distribution: Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz)
83 BOL
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Portulaca lutea SoI. ex Seem.; Fl. Vit. [Seemann] 9 (1865)
Distribution: New Caledonia; Rotuma Isl.; Niue; Fiji; American Samoa (Tutuila, Ofu, Ta´u, Rose Atoll); +[Western] Samoa (+Aleipata Isl.); Tuvalu (Nui Atoll); Phoenix Isl. (Kanton, Birnie, Enderbury, Phoenix, Orona, Manra, Nikumaroro); Gilbert Isl. (Butaritari, Tarawa, Tabiteuea, Onotoa, Abaiang); N-Line Isl. (Tabueran, Kiritimati); S-Line Isl. (Caroline Atoll); Cook Isl. (Rarotonga, Mangaia, Aitutaki, Ngaputoru Group, Palmerston, Suwarrow, Penrhyn); Marquesas Isl. ; Society Isl. (Tahiti, Mehetia, Raiatea, Mopelia Atoll, Tetiaroa Atoll, Tupai); Gambier Isl. (Mangareva Isl.); Tuamotu Arch. (Makatea Isl., Rangiroa Atoll, Takapoto Atoll); Austral Isl. (Tubuai, Rurutu, Rimatara, Raivavae); Pitcairn Isl.; Henderson Isl.; Marcus Isl. [Minami-Torishima]; Northern Marianas (Uracas, Maug); Marshall Isl. (Bokak, Bikar, Enewetok, Bikini, Ailinginae, Rongelap, Utirik, Wotho); Wake Isl.; Hawaii (Midway Isl., Lisianski Isl., Lanai, Nikumaroro Pinnacles, French Frigate Shoals, Necker Isl., Nihoa, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.)
60 ASA FIJ GIL NUE NWC PHX ROT SAM TUV 61 AUI COO GBI HEN LIN MRQ PIT SCI TUA 62 MCU MRN MRS WAK 63 HAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca flava DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 355 (1828), sphalm.
= Portulaca fosbergii var. substellata Poelln.; Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 12(9): 4 (1936)
= Portulaca johnii Poelln.; Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 12(9): 4 (1936)
species :
Portulaca macbridei D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2: No. 22, 3 (1952)
Distribution: Peru (Huanuco)
83 PER
species :
Portulaca macrantha (Maire) Ricceri & Arrigoni; Parlatorea 4: 93 (2000)
Distribution: Belgium; Germany [I]; Spain; Italy; Sicily; Romania; Greece; Morocco; Tunisia [I]; Liberia; East Aegaean Isl. (Lesvos, Rhodos); USA (California, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico, Florida); Mexico (Sonora); Guatemala
11 BGM ger 12 SPA 13 GRC ITA ROM SIC 20 MOR tun 22 LBR 34 EAI 74 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 GUA
Remarks: oleracea agg. Distribution incomplete
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. macrantha (Maire) Maire; Cat. Pl. Maroc 195 (1932)
= Portulaca oleracea var. macrantha Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 20: 18 (1929), nom. illeg.
species :
Portulaca macrorhiza R.Geesink; Blumea 17: 293 (1969)
Distribution: Lesser Sunda Isl. (E-Timor)
42 LSI
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca macrorhiza Zipp. ex Span.; Linnaea 15: 207 (1841), nomen
species :
Portulaca macrosperma D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 3: No. 33, 3 (1958)
Distribution: Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: Known only from type
species :
Portulaca masonii D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2: No. 22, 1 (1952)
Distribution: Revillagigedos Isl. (Isla Clarion)
79 RGI
species :
Portulaca massaica S.M.Phillips; Kew Bull. 55(3): 689 (2000)
Distribution: Kenya; N-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
species :
Portulaca matthewsii Ocampo; Sida 20(4): 1358 (1357-1361; fig. 1) (2003)
Distribution: Mexico (Queretaro, San Luis Potosi)
79 MEX
species :
Portulaca mauritiensis Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 311 (1934)
Distribution: Mauritius (incl. Tromelin Isl.); Rodrigues; Îles Glorieuses; Aldabra; Chagos Arch. (Diego Garcia)
29 ALD CGS MAU ROD
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca mauritiensis var. aldabrensis Fosberg; Kew Bull. 32(1): 256 (1977)
= Portulaca mauritiensis var. grubbii Fosberg; Kew Bull. 32(1): 258 (1977)
= Portulaca ramosissima Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 64 (1941)
species :
Portulaca mexicana P.Wilson; Torreya 28: 29 (1928)
Distribution: Mexico (Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca solferina Poelln.; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 272 (1943)
species :
Portulaca meyeri D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 1: No. 15, 8 (1945)
Distribution: Argentina (Corrientes)
85 ARG
variant :
var. rodrigoi D.Legrand; Lilloa 17: 358 (1949)
Distribution: Argentina (Corrientes)
85 ARG
species :
Portulaca minensis D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2: No. 27, 3 (1953)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
species :
Portulaca minuta Correll; J. Arnold Arbor. 60(1): 154 (1979)
Distribution: Bahamas (Exumas Isl., Andros Isl.)
81 BAH
species :
Portulaca molokiniensis Hobdy; Pacific Sci. 41(1-4): 64 (1987 publ. 1988)
Distribution: Hawaii (Midway Isl., Kahoolawe Isl., Molokini)
63 HAW
Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Rare
species :
Portulaca monanthoides Lodé; Cact.-Advent. Int. (Almeria) 99: 28 (2013), et 103: 18 (2014), nom. nov.
Distribution: Soqotra
24 SOC
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca sedifolia A.G.Mill.; Ethnofl. Soqotra Archipelago 725 (2004), nom. illeg., non N. E. Br. 1901
species :
Portulaca mucronata Link; Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 2 (1822)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil (Pará); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul)
82 VEN 83 BOL 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca irwinii D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 4: No. 53, 2 (1970)
= Portulaca laruotteana Cambess.; Fl. Bras. Merid. [A.St.-Hilaire] 2: 190 (1829)
= Portulaca longiusculotuberculata Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 161 (1933)
= Portulaca mucronata var. alba Mattos; Loefgrenia 85: [1] (1984)
= Portulaca mucronata var. cupulata D.Legrand; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 7(3): 41 (1962)
= Portulaca mucronata var. longiusculotuberculata (Poelln.) D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2(27): 12 (1953)
= Portulaca pilosa var. mucronata (Link) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 15 (1898)
= Portulaca saxisacchari Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 210 (1940)
variant :
var. paraguariensis D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2 (no. 27): 12 (1953)
Distribution: Paraguay (Cordillera, Paraguari)
85 PAR
species :
Portulaca mucronulata D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 1: No. 15, 6 (1945)
Distribution: Brazil (Paraná); Argentina (Catamarca, La Rioja, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, Tucuman)
84 BRA 85 ARG
variant :
var. robusta D.Legrand; Lilloa 17: 354 (1949)
Distribution: Argentina (Santa Fe)
85 ARG
species :
Portulaca nicaraguensis (Danin & H.G.Baker) Danin; Lagascalia 26: 73 (2006)
Distribution: Canary Isl. [I] (Tenerife [I]); USA (Florida, Texas); Mexico (Veracruz, etc.); Guatemala; Belize; Nicaragua; Bahamas; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl.; Dominica
21 cny 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA NIC 81 BAH DOM PUE VIR
Remarks: oleracea agg.
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. nicaraguensis Danin & H.G.Baker; Israel J. Bot. 27(3-4): 186 (1978 publ. 1979)
species :
Portulaca nivea Poelln.; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 269 (1943)
Distribution: S-Peru
83 PER
species :
Portulaca nogalensis Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 91 (1929)
Distribution: NE-Somalia
24 SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca nogalensis var. atricha Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 92 (1929)
= Portulaca nogalensis var. heterotricha Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 92 (1929)
= Portulaca nogalensis var. homotricha Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 92 (1929)
species :
Portulaca oblonga Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(2, Anhang): 32 (1932)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; Kenya; N-Tanzania
24 ETH 25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca neumannii Engl. ex Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 162 (1933)
= Portulaca neumannii var. robusta Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 183 (1940)
species :
Portulaca obtusa Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 162 (1933)
Distribution: Argentina (Catamarca, Cordoba, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca jujuyensis Poelln.; Lilloa 5: 197 (1940)
= Portulaca obtusa var. hauthalii Poelln.; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 273 (1943)
species :
Portulaca obtusifolia D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 3: No. 32, 1 (1958)
Distribution: Argentina (Cordoba)
85 ARG
variant :
var. rubrisperma D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 3(32): 2 (1959)
Distribution: Argentina (Corrientes)
85 ARG
species :
Portulaca okinawensis E.Walker & Tawada; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 41: 138 (1951)
Distribution: Ryukyu Isl. (Okinawa)
38 NNS
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca pilosa subsp. okinawensis (E.Walker & Tawada) R.Geesink; Blumea 17(2): 298 (1969)
variant :
var. amamiensis Kokub., Koh Nakam. & Yokota; Phytotaxa 117(1): 21 (2013)
Distribution: Ryukyu Isl.
38 NNS
species :
Portulaca oleracea L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 445 (1753) s. l.
Name: Wilder Portulak, Verdolaga, Purslane, Little hogweed
Distribution: England [I] (England [I], Wales [I], Isles of Scilly [I]); Netherlands; Belgium [I]; Germany [I]; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; Andorra; Gibraltar; Baleares; France; Monaco; Channel Isl. [I] (Alderney [I], Guernsey [I], Jersey [I]); Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Pantelleria; Isole Pelagie (Lampedusa); Malta; San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece (widespread); Crete; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Moldova; Ukraine; Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Egypt (Desert Oases, Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt); Azores (Santa Maria Isl., Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores Isl., Corvo Isl.); Madeira (Madeira Isl., Porto Santo Isl.); Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma); Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Santa Luzia Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Sal Isl., Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl., Ilha Brava); Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Ascension Isl.; St. Helena; Comores (Mayotte, etc.); Mauritius (incl. Cargados Carajos Isl.); La Réunion; Rodrigues; Aldabra (Aldabra Isl., Asuncio Isl., Cosmoledo Isl., Astove Isl., St. Pierre Isl., Farquhar Isl.); Seychelles (incl. Remire Isl., Coetivy Isl.); Agalega Isl.; Chagos Arch. (Diego Garcia); Siberia [I] (Altai [I], W-Siberia [I]); Russian Far East [I] (Amur [I], Kamchatka [I], Primorye [I]); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl. (incl. Rhodos); Turkey (NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SSW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran); Afghanistan (Balkh, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman); Cyprus (C-Mountains, N-Cyprus); Lebanon (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria (coastal W-Syria, C-Syrian Desert, Jazira, W-Syrian Mountains); Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, Negev Desert, N-Israel); Sinai peninsula (N-Sinai, S-Sinai); Jordania (S-Jordania, W-Jordania); Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir); Kuwait; Bahrain; Qatar; United Arab Emirates; Oman (Mascat & Oman); Yemen (Aden Desert, N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen); China (widespread); Mongolia; North Korea; South Korea; Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl. (Keetaajima, Chichijima, Hahajima, Imohtojima); Volcano Isl. (Kita-Iwojima, Iwojima); Taiwan; Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab, Hazara, Gilgit, Hunza); Nepal; Bhutan; India (almost throughout); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (North Andamans, Middle Andamans, South Andamans, Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobars, Central Nicobars, Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Solomon Isl.; Australia (Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Ashmoore Reef, Christmas Isl. [Austr.], Cocos [Keeling] Isl., North Keeling Isl.); Lord Howe Isl.; Norfolk Isl.; New Zealand; New Caledonia; Tonga (Late Isl., Tongatapu, ´Eua, Vava´u); Niue; Fiji; American Samoa (Tutuila, Olosega, Ta´u); [Western] Samoa (Aleipata Islands, Savai´i, ´Upolu); Tokelau (Swains Isl.); Phoenix Isl. (Kanton, Enderbury, Manra, Orona, Nikumaroro); Gilbert Isl. (Butaritari, Tarawa, Marakei, Nonouti, Onotoa); N-Line Isl. (Palmyra Atoll, Teraina, Tabueran, Kiritimati); Cook Isl. (Rarotonga, Aitutaki); Marquesas Isl. (Hatutaa, Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka, Ua Pou, Hiva Oa, Tahuata, Mohotani, Fatu Hiva); Society Isl. (Tahiti, Moorea, Raiatea, Maupiti, Tupai); Tuamotu Arch. (Makatea Isl.); Austral Isl. (Rurutu, Raivavae, Tubuai); Easter Isl.; Marcus Isl. [Minami-Torishima]; Palau (Angaur, Tobi); Northern Marianas (Agrihan, Pagan, Alamagan, Sarigan, Anatahan, Saipan, Tinian, Aguijan, Rota); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap, Ulithi, Ifalik, Namonuito, Kapingamarangi, Pohnpei, Mokil); Marshall Isl. (Enewetok, Bikini, Rongelap, Taka, Ujae, Kwajalein, Majuro, Arno, Jaluit); Wake Isl.; Hawaii (Midway Isl., Pearl and Hermes Reef, Lanai, French Frigate Shoals, Nihoa, Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.); Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Quebec, Saskatchewan); USA (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington State, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Revillagigedos Isl. (Isla Socorro); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Clipperton Isl. [I]; Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Navassa Isl.; Virgin Isl. (Anegada, Jost van Dyke, Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; Saba; Antigua; Montserrat; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenadines; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolívar, Caquetá, Casanare, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Guainía, Guaviare, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Putumayo, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Tolima, Valle); Isla Margarita; Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Pres. Hayes); Uruguay (Cerro Largo, Montevideo, Soriano); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman); Chile (Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá, Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins, Maule, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Lagos); Desventuradas Isl.; Juan Fdz. Isl.
10 grb 11 AUT bgm CZE ger HUN LIE NET POL SLO SWI 12 ADO BAL cis COR FRA GIB MCO POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MLT MNT NMA PEL PTL ROM SIC SLV SMA SRB TUE 14 BLR EST KRY LAT LIT MLD RUS UKR 20 ALG EGY MOR 21 AZO CNY CVI MDR 22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN SIE 23 ANN BIO BUR CAF CON RWA SAO ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SOC SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ 28 ASC STH 29 AGA ALD CGS COM MAU REU ROD SEY 30 sib 31 rfe 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB SIN SYR TUR 35 BAR KUW OMA QAT SAU UAE YEM 36 CHI 37 MON 38 JAP KOR KZN NKO NNS OGA TAI 40 BAN BHU IND LDV MDV NEP PAK SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SNG SUL SUM 43 SOL 50 AUS LHI NFK 51 NZL 60 ASA FIJ GIL NUE NWC PHX SAM TOK TON 61 AUI COO EAS LIN MRQ SCI TUA 62 GUM MCU MIC MRN MRS PLU WAK 63 HAW 71 CDN 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX RGI 80 BLZ cli COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA AGU ARU BAH BBD BON CAY CUB CUR DOM GRE HIS MAR MTS NAV PUE SAB SBA STL STM STV TCI TRT VEN VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR SWC VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG CLE DSV JNF PAR URU
Remarks: native area uncertain, probably Old World. The synonymy is most likely too extensive because some synonyms might belong to one of the recently described microspecies
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca aurea DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 353 (1828)
= Portulaca consanguinea Schltdl.; Linnaea 24: 693 (1851)
= Portulaca cryptopetala var. poellnitziana (D.Legrand) D.Legrand; Lilloa 17: 342 (1949)
= Portulaca dichotoma Gueldenst.; Reise Russland [Gueldenstaedt] 1: 192 (1787)
= Portulaca fosbergii Poelln.; Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 12(9): 3 (1936)
= Portulaca fosbergii var. major Poelln.; Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 12(9): 4 (1936)
= Portulaca hortensis Rupr.; Fl. Ingr. [Ruprecht] 388 (1860), nom. superfl.
= Portulaca laevis Buch.-Ham.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6841 (1832), nom. inval.
= Portulaca latifolia Hornem.; Hort. Bot. Hafn. [Hornemann] 2: 491 (1815)
= Portulaca linearifolia (Sivar. & Manilal) D.Panwar; Int. J. Curr. Sci. Res. Rev. 6(2): 911 (2023)
= Portulaca marginata Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 6: 72 (1823)
= Portulaca maritima S.G.Gmel.; Reise Russland [S.G.Gmelin] 1: 40 (1774)
= Portulaca neglecta Mack. & Bush; Man. Fl. Jackson County 86 (1902)
= Portulaca nitida (Danin & H.G.Baker) Ricceri & Arrigoni; Parlatorea 4: 93 (2000)
= Portulaca officinarum Crantz; Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 428 (1766)
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. nitida Danin & H.G.Baker; Israel J. Bot. 27(3-4): 194 (1978 publ. 1979)
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. stellata Danin & H.G.Baker; Israel J. Bot. 27: 198 (1979)
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. sylvestris (DC.) Celak.; Arch. Naturwiss. Landesdurchf. Böhmen 3(3) (Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 3): 484 (1875)
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. sylvestris Thell.; Fl. Advent. Montpellier 222 (1912), nom. inval.
= Portulaca oleracea var. alata Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(2, Anh.): 32 (1932)
= Portulaca oleracea var. apiculata Goffinet; (1927)
= Portulaca oleracea var. delicatula Fosberg; Kew Bull. 32(1): 254 (1977)
= Portulaca oleracea var. emarginata Goffinet; (1927)
= Portulaca oleracea var. gracilescens Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 650 (1926)
= Portulaca oleracea var. linearifolia Sivar. & Manilal; Int. Quart. J. Pl. Sci. Res. 4(1-4): 30 (1977)
= Portulaca oleracea var. macrantha Eggers; Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 13(2): 27 (1879)
= Portulaca oleracea var. macrantha Speg.; Bol. Of. Agric. Ganad. Prov. Buenos Aires 1: 273 (1901), nom. illeg.
= Portulaca oleracea var. micrantha Eggers; Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 13(2): 27 (1879)
= Portulaca oleracea var. micrantha Speg.; Bol. Of. Agric. Ganad. Prov. Buenos Aires 1: 273 (1901), nom. illeg.
= Portulaca oleracea var. opposita Poelln.; (1940)
= Portulaca oleracea var. parvifolia (Haw.) Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 57 (1859)
= Portulaca oleracea var. sylvestris DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 353 (1828), nom. inval.
= Portulaca oleracea var. violacea Alef.; Landw. Fl. 111 (1866)
= Portulaca olitoria Pall.; Reise Russ. Reich. [Pallas] 3: 594 (1776)
= Portulaca opposita (Poelln.) Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 216 (1940), in obs., nomen event.
= Portulaca papillosa Sennen; Diagn. Nouv. 299 (1936)
= Portulaca parviflora Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 57 (1859), sphalm.
= Portulaca parvifolia Haw.; Syn. Pl. Succ. 122 (1812)
= Portulaca pilosa f. marginata (Kunth) Hassl.; (1919)
= Portulaca pilosa var. marginata (Kunth) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 15 (1898)
= Portulaca poellnitziana D.Legrand; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 2: 156 (1935)
= Portulaca repens Noronha; Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(4): 25 (1790), nomen
= Portulaca retusa Engelm.; Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 154 (1850)
= Portulaca rostellata Brign.; Linnaea 18: 509 (1844)
= Portulaca stellata (Danin & H.G.Baker) Danin; Lagascalia 26: 76 (2006), isonym
= Portulaca stellata (Danin & H.G.Baker) Ricceri & Arrigoni; Parlatorea 4: 93 (2000)
= Portulaca suffruticosa Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 24 (1859)
= Portulaca sylvestris Garsault; Descr. Vertus Pl. 280 (1767), nom. inval.
= Portulaca sylvestris Montandon; Syn. Fl. Jura, ed. 2: 109 (1868)
= Portulaca terraereginae Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 117 (1940)
= Portulaca viridis DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 353 (1828)
species :
Portulaca oligosperma F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 1: 170 (1859)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
50 AUS
species :
Portulaca olosirwa S.M.Phillips; Kew Bull. 55(3): 690 (2000)
Distribution: SW-Kenya
25 KEN
species :
Portulaca papillatostellulata (Danin & H.G.Baker) Danin; Lagascalia 26: 76 (2006)
Name: Gekörnter Portulak (DE)
Distribution: Ireland [I]; Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany; Switzerland; Austria; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Poland; France; Portugal; Spain; Sicily; Italy; Hungary; Croatia; Romania; Greece; Crete; Algeria; Libya; Egypt; Canary Isl. (El Hierro, Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria); Mauritania; Togo; Nigeria; Mozambique Channel Isl. [Îles Éparses] [I] (Île Europa [I], Juan de Nova Isl. [I]); Îles Glorieuses [I]; Aldabra; East Aegaean Isl. (incl. Rhodos); Cyprus; Jordania; Kyrgyzstan; China; Japan; Society Isl. (Raiatea); USA (Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, Colorado); Mexico (Veracruz, Baja California Norte, Sonora, etc.); Guatemala; Costa Rica; Panama; Trinidad; Peru; Brazil; etc.
10 ire 11 AUT BGM CZE GER HUN LUX NET POL SLO SWI 12 FRA POR SPA 13 CRO GRC ITA KRI ROM SIC 20 ALG EGY LBY 21 CNY 22 MTN NGA TOG 29 ALD 32 KGZ 34 CYP EAI JOR 36 CHI 38 JAP 61 SCI 73 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 COS GUA PAN 81 TRT 83 PER 84 BRA
Remarks: oleracea agg. Distribution incomplete. If the microspecies in the aggregate are separated, this is the most common species all over Central Europe. If the synonymy of granulatostellulata is confirmed, the name would have priority.
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. granulatostellulata (Poelln.) Danin & H.G.Baker; Israel J. Bot. 27: 187 (1979) (tentative synonym, would have priority if confirmed)
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. papillatostellulata Danin & H.G.Baker; Israel J. Bot. 27: 200 (1979)
= Portulaca oleracea var. granulatostellulata Poelln.; Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 12(9): 5 (1936)
= Portulaca granulatostellulata (Poelln.) Ricceri & Arrigoni; Parlatorea 4: 93 (2000)
species :
Portulaca papulifera D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2: No. 20, 8 (1946)
Distribution: Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Uruguay (Artigas, Rivera, Tacuarembo); Argentina (Misiones)
84 BRA 85 ARG URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca papulosa subsp. tuberculata D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 1(1): 25, fig. 6 (1942)
= Portulaca papulosa var. tuberculata (D.Legrand) D.Legrand; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 7(3): 117 (1962)
species :
Portulaca papulosa Schltdl.; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 11: 671 (1862)
Distribution: Uruguay (Canelones, Colonia, Florida Prov., Maldonado, Montevideo, Rivera, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Entre Rios, La Pampa, Misiones)
85 ARG URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca depauperata Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 160 (1933)
= Portulaca montevidensis C.A.Mey. ex Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 271 (1934)
= Portulaca pilosa subsp. papulosa (Schltdl.) R.Geesink; Blumea 17: 298 (1969)
= Portulaca platensis Speg.; Contr. Fl. Tandil 8 (1901)
species :
Portulaca perennis R.E.Fr.; Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., Ser. 4, 1(1): 151 (1905)
Distribution: S-Peru; Bolivia (La Paz, Oruro, Potosí, Tarija); Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta, San Juan)
83 BOL PER 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca andicola Poelln.; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 269 (1943)
= Portulaca arequipaensis Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 104 (1941)
= Portulaca peruviana I.M.Johnst.; Contr. Gray Herb. 81: 88 (1928)
species :
Portulaca peteri Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48(12-20): 186 (1940)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; SE-Kenya; NE-Tanzania
24 ETH 25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca rotundifolia Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(2): 267 (1938), in clavi, germanice
species :
Portulaca philippii I.M.Johnst.; Contr. Gray Herb. 85: 39 (1929)
Distribution: S-Peru; Bolivia (La Paz); Chile (Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Atacama)
83 BOL PER 85 CLE
species :
Portulaca pilosa L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 445 (1753) s. l.
subspecies :
subsp. pilosa
Name: Don Diego, Kiss me quick
Distribution: Botswana [I]; South Africa [I] (Limpopo [I], North-West Prov. [I], Gauteng [I]); Rodrigues [I]; Saudi Arabia [I] (NE-Saudi Arabia [I]); China [I] (Fujian [I], Guangdong [I], Hainan [I], Guangxi [I], Yunnan [I]); Ryukyu Isl. [I]; Taiwan [I]; Nepal [I]; Bhutan [I]; India [I] (Andhra Pradesh [I], Bihar [I], Kerala [I], Rajasthan [I], Uttarakhand [I], West Bengal [I]); Sri Lanka [I]; Myanmar [I]; Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; South China Sea Isl. [I]; peninsular Malaysia [I] (Selangor [I], Johor [I], Perak [I], Kelantan [I], Terengganu [I], Pahang [I]); Singapore [I]; Sumatra [I]; Borneo [I]; Sulawesi [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I] (Timor [I]); Moluccas [I]; Christmas Isl. [Austr.] [I]; New Guinea [I] (Irian Jaya [I], Papua New Guinea [I]); Solomon Isl. [I]; Australia [I] (Northern Territory [I], Northern Territory [I], South Australia [I], Queensland [I], New South Wales [I], Western Australia [I]); New Caledonia [I]; Vanuatu [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Tonga [I] (Late Isl. [I], Tongatapu [I]); Niue [I]; Fiji [I]; Wallis & Futuna [I] (Futuna Isl. [I], ´Uvea Isl. and islets [Wallis] [I]); Tuvalu [I] (Nui Atoll [I]); Tokelau [I]; Tokelau [I] (Nukunonu [I]); Phoenix Isl. [I] (Kanton [I], Enderbury [I]); Gilbert Isl. [I] (Marakei [I], Abaiang [I], Tarawa [I], Tabiteuea [I], Onotoa [I]); Palau [I] (Kayangel [I], Babeldaob [I], Malakal [I], Angaur [I], Sonsorol [I]); Northern Marianas [I] (Sarigan [I], Anatahan [I], Saipan [I], Tinian [I]); Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Yap [I], Ulithi [I], Fais [I], Eauripik [I], Woleai [I], Faraulep [I], Ifalik [I], Lamotrek [I], Satawal [I], Murilo [I], Namonuito [I], Nomwin [I], Moen [I], Tol [I], Piis [I], Nama [I], Namoluk [I], Lukunor [I], Satawan [I], Pohnpei [I], Mokil [I]); Marshall Isl. [I] (Enewetok [I], Bikini [I], Rongelap [I], Rongerik [I], Utirik [I], Ujelang [I], Kwajalein [I], Ailuk [I], Likiep [I], Majuro [I], Arno [I]); Wake Isl. [I]; Hawaii [I] (Niihau [I], Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Revillagigedos Isl. (Isla Socorro); Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola); Saba; Antigua; Marie-Galante; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenadines; St. Vincent; Grenada; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Cundinamarca, Guainía, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Tolima, Valle, Vaupés, Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales, Guarico, Merida, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Tocantins); NE-Brazil (Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul)
27 bot saf 29 rod 35 sau 36 chi 38 nns tai 40 bhu ind nep srl 41 cbd lao mya tha vie 42 bor jaw lsi mly mol nwg phi scs sng sul sum xms 43 sol 50 aus 60 fij gil nue nwc phx rot tok ton tuv van wal 62 gum mic mrn mrs plu wak 63 haw 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX RGI 80 BLZ COS ELS HON NIC PAN 81 ABA BAH BBD CAY CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR PUE SAB STL STV TRT VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR SWC VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca advena Reichg. & Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 46: 77 (1939)
= Portulaca cincta Fenzl; Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 14: 162 (1857)
= Portulaca cyanosperma Engl.; Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 13: 167 (1937)
= Portulaca cyathostyla Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 40 (1909)
= Portulaca dubia Tepper; Trans. Proc. & Rep. Roy. Soc. South Australia 17: 16 (1893)
= Portulaca ehrenbergii Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 93 (1941)
= Portulaca foliosa A.DC.; Calq. Dess. Fl. Mex. 2: t. 389 (1874), nom. illeg.
= Portulaca gagatosperma Millsp.; Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 2(7): 299 (1909)
= Portulaca halimoides var. brevipilosa Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 94 (1941)
= Portulaca helianthemoides Zipp. ex Span.; Linnaea 15: 207 (1841), nomen
= Portulaca involucrata Haw.; Revis. Pl. Succ. 59 (1821)
= Portulaca javanensis Poelln.; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 273 (1943)
= Portulaca javanensis var. grisea Poelln.; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 273 (1943)
= Portulaca karwinskii Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.; Index Sem. (St. Petersburg [Petropolitanus]) 11(Suppl.): 63 (1846)
= Portulaca lakhonensis Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 41 (1909)
= Portulaca lanata Rich.; Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 109 (1792)
= Portulaca lanuginosa Crantz; Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 428 (1776)
= Portulaca microsperma Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 96 (1925)
= Portulaca mundula I.M.Johnst.; J. Arnold Arbor. 29: 195 (1948)
= Portulaca napiformis F.Muell. ex Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 1: 169 (1863)
= Portulaca pachyrrhiza Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 41 (1909)
= Portulaca pilosa f. aurantiaca Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 15 (1898)
= Portulaca pilosa f. mexicana D.Legrand; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 7: 82 (1962)
= Portulaca pilosa f. procumbens (Urb. & Ekman) D.Legrand; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 7(3): 81 (1962)
= Portulaca pilosa f. rubra Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 15 (1898)
= Portulaca pilosa subsp. lakhonensis (Gagnep.) R.Geesink; Blumea 17(2): 299 (1969)
= Portulaca pilosa var. guyannensis D.Legrand; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 7(3): 83 (1962)
= Portulaca pilosa var. mundula (I.M.Johnst.) D.Legrand; Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, Ser. 2, 7(3): 82 (1962)
= Portulaca pilosa var. paraguayensis Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 15 (1898)
= Portulaca pilosissima Hook.; Bot. Misc. 2: 220 (1831)
= Portulaca procumbens Urb. & Ekman; Ark. Bot. 23A(11): p. 9 (1931)
= Portulaca remota Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 302 (1934)
= Portulaca sedoides Spruce ex Rohrb.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 14(2): 304 (1872)
= Portulaca talmyana Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 42 (1909)
= Portulaca vilmoriana H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 259 (1910)
subspecies :
subsp. villosa (Cham.) R.Geesink; Blumea 17(2): 297-298 (1969)
Distribution: Hawaii (Nihoa, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe Isl., Hawaii Isl.)
63 HAW
Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca caumii F.Br.; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 81: 29 (1931)
= Portulaca hawaiiensis O.Deg.; Fl. Hawaiiensis [Degener] Fam. 117 (1937)
= Portulaca villosa Cham.; Linnaea 6: 565 (1831)
species :
Portulaca psammotropha Hance; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 2: 660 (1852)
Distribution: China (Hainan); Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl. (Keetaajima, Nakohdojima, Chichijima); Volcano Isl. (Iwojima, Minami-Iwojima); Taiwan (incl. Lan Yu Isl.); South China Sea Isl.
36 CHI 38 KZN NNS OGA TAI 42 SCS
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca boninensis Tuyama; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 53: 6 (1939)
= Portulaca formosana (Hayata) Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6 (Suppl., Gen. Ind. Fl. Formos.) 7 (1917)
= Portulaca formosana Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 106 (1941), nom. illeg.
= Portulaca hainanensis Chun & F.C.How; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 7(1): 8-9, t. 2, f. 2 (1958)
= Portulaca insularis Hosok.; Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 22: 229 (1932)
= Portulaca quadrifida var. formosana Hayata; J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 37 (1911)
species :
Portulaca pusilla Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 6: 72 (1823)
Distribution: Colombia (Guainía, Guaviare, Vaupés, Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Sucre)
82 CLM VEN
species :
Portulaca pygmaea Steyerm.; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75(3): 1058 (1988)
Distribution: Colombia (Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 CLM VEN
species :
Portulaca quadrifida L.; Mant. Pl. 1: 73 (1767)
Name: Verdolaga (Cuba), Pinganilla, Regina, Ringa (Dominican Republic), Pourpier, Pourpier double (Lesser Antilles), Yerba de pollo (Puerto Rico)
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; S-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia [I]; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Comores (Mayotte, etc.); Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Aldabra (Aldabra Isl., Asuncio Isl., Cosmoledo Isl., Astove Isl., Farquhar Isl.); Seychelles (incl. African Banks Isl., Coetivy Isl.); Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir); Bahrain; Qatar; United Arab Emirates; Oman (Mascat & Oman); Yemen (Aden Desert, N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen); China (Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan); Taiwan; Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, N. W. Frontier Prov., Peshawar, Pakistani Punjab); Nepal; India (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (South Andamans); Myanmar; Vietnam; South China Sea Isl.; peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Melaka); Singapore [I]; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines (Batan, Luzon); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Solomon Isl.; New Caledonia; Tonga (Tongatapu, Vava´u); Fiji; Gilbert Isl.; Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap); Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Anegada, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); St. Barthélémy; St. Eustatius; St. Kitts; Antigua; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenadines; Grenada; Barbados; Guyana
22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 BUR CAF CMN CON GAB RWA ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SOC SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ zam ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 ALD COM MAU REU ROD SEY 35 BAR OMA QAT SAU UAE YEM 36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN IND LDV MDV NEP PAK SRL 41 AND MYA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SCS sng SUL SUM 43 SOL 60 FIJ GIL NWC TON 62 GUM MIC 81 ABA BBD CUB GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE SBA STE STK STL STV VIR 82 GUY
Synonyms: hidden
= Illecebrum verticillatum Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. 66 (1768) non L.
= Meridiana elliptica Poir.; Dict. Sci. Nat. [F.Cuvier], ed. 2, 30: 112 (1824)
= Meridiana quadrifida (L.) Poir.; Dict. Sci. Nat. [F.Cuvier], ed. 2, 30: 111 (1824)
= Portulaca anceps A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 301 (1847)
= Portulaca chariensis A.Chev.; Fl. Afr. Centr., Énum. Pl. Récolt. 1: 24 (1913)
= Portulaca diptera Zipp. ex Span.; Linnaea 15: 207 (1841)
= Portulaca elatinoides A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 47 (1920), nomen
= Portulaca geniculata Royle; Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [Royle], 221 (1835)
= Portulaca imbricata Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 92 (1775)
= Portulaca linifolia Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 92 (1775)
= Portulaca meridiana L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 248 (1782)
= Portulaca microphylla A.Rich.; Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 10: 620 (1845)
= Portulaca parensis Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 185 (1940)
= Portulaca pseudoquadrifida Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 208 (1940)
= Portulaca quadrifida var. meridiana (L.f.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 354 (1828)
= Portulaca rediviva Wawra; Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 38: 564 (1860)
= Portulaca repens Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 356 (1834)
= Portulaca rubens Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 48 (1920), nomen
= Portulaca squarrosa Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(2, Anh.): 33 (1938)
= Portulaca walteriana Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 219 (1940)
species :
Portulaca ragonesei D.Legrand; Lilloa 17: 333 (1949)
Distribution: Argentina (Cordoba)
85 ARG
species :
Portulaca ramosa Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 40(2: Suppl.): 34-35 (1938)
Distribution: E-Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca schliebenii Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 206 (1940)
species :
Portulaca rausii Danin; Fl. Medit. 18: 92 (2008)
Distribution: Sicily; Romania; European Turkey; Greece; Algeria; East Aegaean Isl. (incl. Rhodos); Turkey; Cyprus; Peru [I]
13 GRC ROM SIC TUE 20 ALG 34 CYP EAI TUR 83 per
Remarks: oleracea agg. Distribution incomplete, status uncertain
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. rausii (Danin) Greuter; Bocconea 25: 74 (2012), isonym
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. rausii (Danin) J.Walter; Fl. Slovenska 6(3): 657 (2012)
species :
Portulaca rhodesiana R.A.Dyer & E.A.Bruce; Fl. Pl. Africa 27: t. 1069 (1949)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa (Mpulamanga)
26 MOZ ZIM 27 BOT SAF
species :
Portulaca rotundifolia R.E.Fr.; Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., Ser. 4, 1(1): 149 (1905)
Distribution: Bolivia (Oruro); Argentina (Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta)
83 BOL 85 ARG
species :
Portulaca rubricaulis Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 6: 73 (1823)
Name: Redstem purslane
Distribution: USA (Florida); Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Yucatan); Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John, Virgin Gorda); St. Barthélémy; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia (Atlántico, Bolívar, Magdalena, Sucre, Vichada); Venezuela (Barinas, Carabobo, Merida, Sucre, Zulia); French Guiana; Ecuador
78 USA 79 MEX 81 BAH BON CAY CUB CUR HIS JAM PUE SBA TCI VIR 82 CLM FRG VEN 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca brevioperculata Poelln.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 15: 32 (1941)
= Portulaca phaeosperma Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 4: 233 (1905)
species :
Portulaca rzedowskiana Ocampo; Sida 20(2): 487 (2002)
Distribution: Mexico (Michoacan)
79 MEX
species :
Portulaca samhaensis A.G.Mill.; Ethnofl. Soqotra Archipelago 725 (2004)
Distribution: Samha Isl.
24 SOC
species :
Portulaca samoensis Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 163 (1933)
Distribution: [Western] Samoa (´Upolu, Savai´i); American Samoa (Tutuila, Ta´u)
60 ASA SAM
Remarks: kept separate from P. pilosa by Whistler (2022)
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca australis Endl.; Atakta Bot. 7, t. 6 (1833)
species :
Portulaca sanctae-martae Poelln.; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 270 (1943)
Distribution: Colombia (Magdalena)
82 CLM
species :
Portulaca sardoa Danin, Bagella & Marrosu; Plant Biosystems 146, Suppl. 1, 137-141 (2012)
Distribution: Sardinia; Romania
12 SAR 13 ROM
Remarks: oleracea agg.
species :
Portulaca sativa Haw.; Misc. Nat. 36 (1803)
Name: Gemüse-Portulak (DE)
Distribution: worldwide cultivated [I]; Belgium [I]; Germany [I]; Germany [I]; Switzerland [I]; Slovakia [I]; Slovenia [I]; Croatia [I]; Morocco [I]; Algeria [I]; Tunisia [I]; Madeira [I]; Cyprus [I]
11 bgm ger slo swi 13 cro slv 20 alg mor tun 21 mdr 34 cyp
Remarks: oleracea agg. Distribution incomplete
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. sativa (Haw.) Celak.; Arch. Naturwiss. Landesdurchf. Böhmen 3(3) (Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 3): 484 (1875), isonym
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. sativa (Haw.) Ces.; Not. Nat. Civ. Lombardia [Cattaneo] 1: 296 (1844), nom. illeg.
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. sativa (Haw.) Schübl. & G.Martens; Fl. Würtemberg, 1. Aufl.: 294 (1834)
= Portulaca oleracea var. sativa (Haw.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] (1828)
species :
Portulaca saxifragoides Welw.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 149 (1868)
Distribution: +Angola
26 ANG
Remarks: only known from type collected in 1857
Synonyms: hidden
= Sedopsis saxifragoides (Welw. ex Oliv.) Exell & Mendonça; Contr. Conhec. Fl. Angola 1: 116 (1937)
species :
Portulaca sclerocarpa A.Gray; U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 15(1): 141 (1854)
Distribution: Hawaii (Lanai, Hawaii Isl.)
63 HAW
Conservation Status: 1999 Conservation Status: Endangered, USA Status: Endangered
species :
Portulaca sedifolia N.E.Br.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 6: 19 (1901)
Distribution: Colombia (Vichada); Isla Margarita; Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Nueva Esparta, Sucre); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana
81 VEN 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca cayennensis D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2: No. 22, 3 (1952)
= Portulaca conico-operculata Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 158 (1933)
species :
Portulaca sedoides Welw.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 149 (1868)
Distribution: +Angola
26 ANG
Remarks: only known from type collected in 1857
Synonyms: hidden
= Sedopsis sedoides (Welw.) Exell & Mendonça; Contr. Conhec. Fl. Angola 1: 116 (1937)
species :
Portulaca smallii P.Wilson; N. Amer. Fl. 21: 335 (1932)
Name: Small´s purslane
Distribution: USA (Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
78 USA
species :
Portulaca socotrana Domina & Raimondo; Webbia 64(1): 10 (2009)
Distribution: Soqotra
24 SOC
Remarks: oleracea agg.
species :
Portulaca somalica N.E.Br.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 26: 134 (1886)
Distribution: NW-Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Portulaca stellulatotuberculata Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 288 (1934)
Distribution: Paraguay (Central)
85 PAR
species :
Portulaca stuhlmannii Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 164 (1933)
Distribution: NW-Tanzania
25 TAN
Remarks: only known from type collected in 1890
species :
Portulaca suffrutescens Engelm.; Bot. Gaz. 6: 236 (1881)
Name: Shrubby purslane
Distribution: Northern Marianas [I] (Sarigan [I]); USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora)
62 mrn 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca pilosa var. erecta A.Gray; (1853)
species :
Portulaca suffruticosa Wight; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 356 (1834)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, etc.); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca lakshminarasimhaniana S.R.Yadav & Dalavi; Phytotaxa 376(1): 72 (2018)
= Portulaca laljii Sivaram. & Yugandhar; J. Asia-Pacific Biodivers. 13: 756, figs. 1-4 (2020)
species :
Portulaca sundaensis Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 105 (1941)
Distribution: Lesser Sunda Isl. (Sumbawa, Flores, Alor, Wetar, Timor)
42 LSI
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca pilosa subsp. sundaensis (Poelln.) R.Geesink; Blumea 17(2): 298 (1969)
species :
Portulaca teretifolia Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 6: 72 (1823)
Name: Cuban purslane
Distribution: USA [I] (Georgia [I]); Cuba; Puerto Rico; St. Martin/St. Maarten; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; Curacao; Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro); ?French Guiana
78 usa 81 CUB CUR DOM GDL MAR PUE STM 82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca poliosperma Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 4: 232 (1905)
= Portulaca poliosperma var. minor Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 4(2): 233 (1905)
species :
Portulaca thellusonii Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 26: t. 31 (1840)
Distribution: Brazil (Santa Catarina)
84 BRA
species :
Portulaca tingoensis J.F.Macbr.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 21 (1931)
Distribution: Peru (Arequipa); Argentina (Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta)
83 PER 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca andina var. bonetei D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2(22): 5 (1952)
variant :
var. andina (D.Legrand) D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2 (no. 27): 14 (1953)
Distribution: Argentina (Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca andina D.Legrand; Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 2: No. 22, 4 (1952)
species :
Portulaca trituberculata Danin, Domina & Raimondo; Fl. Medit. 18: 91 (2008)
Distribution: England; Belgium; Germany [I]; Portugal; Baleares; Sicily; Bulgaria; Greece; Crete; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt; Canary Isl.; East Aegaean Isl. (incl. Rhodos); Cyprus; Jordania
10 GRB 11 BGM ger 12 BAL POR 13 BUL GRC KRI SIC 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN 21 CNY 34 CYP EAI JOR
Remarks: oleracea agg. Distribution incomplete
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. trituberculata (Danin, Domina & Raimondo) J.Walter; Fl. Slovenska 6(2): 657 (2012)
= Portulaca oleracea var. trituberculata (Danin, Domina & Raimondo) J.-M.Tison; Evaxiana 8: 224 (2021)
species :
Portulaca trianthemoides Bremek.; Ann. Transvaal Mus. 15: 239 (1933)
Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo)
27 SAF
Remarks: recently rediscovered (Woodenberg et al. 2024)
species :
Portulaca tuberculata León; Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio De La Salle 9: 3 (1950)
Distribution: Cuba; Cayman Isl.
81 CAY CUB
species :
Portulaca tuberosa Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. (91) (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 464 (1824)
Distribution: Pakistan (Sind, Karachi); India (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Sri Lanka; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Christmas Isl. [Austr.]; Ashmore & Cartier Isl. (Ashmore Reef)
40 IND LDV MDV PAK SRL 42 JAW LSI XMS 50 ASH
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca cristata Buch.-Ham.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6844 (1832)
= Portulaca pilosa Herb.Madr. ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6844 (1832)
= Portulaca pilosa proles tuberosa (Roxb.) R.Geesink; Blumea 17: 296 (1969)
= Portulaca pilosa var. tuberosa (Roxb.) Sivar.; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 78(2): 259 (1981)
species :
Portulaca umbraticola Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 6: 72 (1823)
subspecies :
subsp. umbraticola
Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas); El Salvador; Honduras; Costa Rica; Cuba; Jamaica; Dominican Republic; Virgin Isl. [I] (Tortola [I]); Colombia; Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Sucre); Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); Paraguay (Pres. Hayes); Argentina (Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, Tucuman); South China Sea Isl. [I]
42 scs 79 MEX 80 COS ELS HON 81 CUB HIS JAM vir 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca denudata Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 159 (1933)
= Portulaca plano-operculata Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 16 (1898)
subspecies :
subsp. coronata (Small) J.F.Matthews & Ketron; Castanea 56(4): 304 (1991)
Distribution: USA (Georgia, South Carolina)
78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca coronata Small; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 126 (1896)
subspecies :
subsp. lanceolata (Engelm.) J.F.Matthews & Ketron; Castanea 56(4): 305 (1991)
Name: Wingpod purslane
Distribution: USA (Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas); Mexico (Oaxaca, Sonora); Cuba
74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca lanceolata Engelm.; Boston. J. Nat. Hist. 6: 154 (1850)
= Portulaca lanceolata var. minor Engelm.; Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 154 (1850)
= Portulaca lanceolata var. versicolor Engelm.; Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 154 (1850)
= Portulaca umbraticola var. lanceolata (J.F.Matthews & Ketron) B.L.Turner; Sida, Bot. Misc. 24: 8 (2003)
species :
Portulaca waterbergensis Peckover; CactusWorld 39(4): 328 (2021)
Distribution: South Africa (Northern Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Portulaca werdermannii Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 164 (1933)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia)
84 BRA
species :
Portulaca wightiana Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6845 (1834), et ex Gen. Hist. 3: 75 (1834); Wight & Arn. Prodr. 356 (1834), descr.
Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya; N-Tanzania; S-Zimbabwe; Namibia; South Africa (Limpopo); India (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN 26 ZIM 27 NAM SAF 40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Anacampseros somaliensis Poelln.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65: 411 (1933)
= Portulaca collina Dinter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 139 (1923)
= Portulaca usambarensis Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 189 (1940)
= Portulaca usambarensis var. granulata Poelln.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 189 (1940)
species :
Portulaca yecorensis Henrickson & Van Devender; Sida 18(4): 1002 (1999)
Distribution: Mexico (Sonora)
79 MEX
species :
Portulaca zaffranii Danin; Fl. Medit. 18: 92 (2008), nom. inval., et Quad. Bot. Amb. Appl. 21: 189 (2010)
Distribution: Sicily; Serbia; Greece; Crete; Morocco; Algeria; East Aegaean Isl. (incl. Rhodos)
13 GRC KRI SIC SRB 20 ALG MOR 34 EAI
Remarks: oleracea agg. Distribution incomplete
Synonyms: hidden
= Portulaca oleracea subsp. zaffranii (Danin) J.Walter; Fl. Slovenska 6(2): 657 (2012)
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