2421.000 Portulaca L.

Description of the genus

Annual, biennial or perennial, often prostrate, herbs. Stipules of numerous hairs, rarely membranous or 0 [in ours?]. Leaves opposite or alternate, glabrous, fleshy. Flowers sessile or clustered at branch apices and surrounded by a group of leaves. Sepals 2, unequal, the larger enfolding the smaller. Petals 4-5(-6), shed quickly. Stamens 4-c.100. Ovary semi-inferior. Style simple with 2-several stigmas. Capsule dehiscing transversely.

Worldwide: 40 species in tropical and warm regions

Caprivi: 2 taxa.

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Species	Content
hereroensis Schinz	Description, Image
oleracea L.	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Portulaca:

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Flora of Botswana: Portulaca
Flora of Burundi: Portulaca
Flora of the DRC: Portulaca
Flora of Malawi: Portulaca
Flora of Mozambique: Portulaca
Flora of Rwanda: Portulaca
Flora of Zambia: Portulaca
Flora of Zimbabwe: Portulaca
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Portulaca

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Portulaca
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Portulaca
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Portulaca
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Portulaca
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Portulaca
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Portulaca
JSTOR Plant Science: Portulaca
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Portulaca
Plants of the World Online: Portulaca
Tropicos: Portulaca
Wikipedia: Portulaca