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December 2024

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Portulaca L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 445 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000030996.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 1: 445. 1753 [1 May 1753] (as dauricu.)

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Synonyms of Portulaca

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Meridiana	L.f.	Suppl. Pl. 248. 1781[1782]. (Apr 1782)		wfo-4000023786

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Portulaca:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Portulaca adenostemon	Vest	Flora 12(1, Ergänzungsbl.): 63. 1829		wfo-0000489476
Portulaca advena	Reichg. & Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 46: 47 (1939)		wfo-0000489475
Portulaca africana	(Danin & H.G.Baker) Danin	Lagascalia 26: 76 (2006)		wfo-0000510100
Portulaca anceps	A.Rich.	Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 301 (1848)		wfo-0000489473
Portulaca arabica	DC.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 355 (Quid ?). 1828 [mid Mar 1828]		wfo-0000489437
Portulaca armitii	F.Muell.	Fragm. 10: 97 (1877)		wfo-0000489448
Portulaca aurantiaca	Proctor	J. Arnold Arbor. 63: 237 (1982)		wfo-0000489447
Portulaca aurea	hort. ex DC.	Prodr. 3: 353 (1828)		wfo-0000489446
Portulaca australis	Endl.	Atakta Bot. : 7, t. 6 (1834)		wfo-0000489445
Portulaca axilliflora	Blanco	Fl. Filip., ed. 2 [F.M. Blanco] 285. 1845		wfo-0000489443
Portulaca axilliflora	Pers.	Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2(1): 6. 1806 [Nov 1806]		wfo-0000489444
Portulaca bareschta	Forssk.	Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. p. cxii (Quid ?). 1775 [1 Oct 1775]		wfo-0000489442
Portulaca bicolor	F.Muell.	Fragm. 1: 171 (1859)		wfo-0000489441
Portulaca boliviensis	Poelln.	Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 272 (1943)		wfo-0000489438
Portulaca boninensis	Tuyama	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 53: 6 (1939)		wfo-0000489450
Portulaca brasiliensis	Vahl	in West, Bidr. Ste-Croix 287, nomen.		wfo-0000489436
Portulaca bulbifera	M.G.Gilbert	Nordic J. Bot. 14: 309 (1994)		wfo-0000489433
Portulaca calandroides	F.Muell. ex Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 172, in syn. 1934		wfo-0000489431
Portulaca capitata	A.Chev.	Etudes Fl. Afr. Centr. Franc. i. 24 (1913), nomen.		wfo-0000489429
Portulaca carnosa	Domb. ex DC.	Prodr. 3: 358 (1828)		wfo-0000489459
Portulaca carrissoana	(Exell & Mendonça) Nyananyo	Taxon 35: 592 (1986)		wfo-0000489461
Portulaca caryaphylloides	Bailly	Fl. Pleine Terre ed. 2: 722 1866	—	wfo-0000489440
Portulaca catharinae	Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 211. 1940		wfo-0000489469
Portulaca caumii	F.Br.	Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 81: 29 (1931)		wfo-0000489467
Portulaca chariensis	A.Chev.	Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 24 (1913)		wfo-0000489466
Portulaca ciferrii	Chiov.	Atti Ist. Bot. "Giovani Briosi" , ser. 4, 7: 122 (1936)		wfo-0000489465
Portulaca cincta	Fenzl	Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 14: 162 (1857)		wfo-0000489464
Portulaca clavigera	R.Geesink	Blumea 17: 289 (1969)		wfo-0000484044
Portulaca commutata	M.G.Gilbert	Nordic J. Bot. 14: 308 (1994)		wfo-0000484031
Portulaca conoidea	S.M.Phillips	Kew Bull. 55: 693 (2000)		wfo-0000484040
Portulaca conspicua	Domin	Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 97 (1925)		wfo-0000484028
Portulaca constricta	M.G.Gilbert	Nordic J. Bot. 14: 307 (1994)		wfo-0000484033
Portulaca coralloides	S.M.Phillips	Kew Bull. 55: 695 (2000)		wfo-0000484035
Portulaca cordobensis	Hosseus	Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 76 (1921)		wfo-0000484037
Portulaca crassicaulis	Jacq.	Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 29 (1777)		wfo-0000484032
Portulaca cristata	Buch.-Ham.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6844. 1832		wfo-0000484059
Portulaca cyathostyla	Gagnep.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 40 (1909)		wfo-0000484070
Portulaca cyclophylla	F.Muell.	Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales , ser. 2, 5: 16 (1890)		wfo-0000484063
Portulaca decorticans	M.G.Gilbert	Kew Bull. 47: 693 (1992)		wfo-0000484065
Portulaca dhofarica	M.G.Gilbert	Kew Bull. 55: 788 (2000)		wfo-0000484069
Portulaca dichotoma	Gueldenst.	Reis. Russland 1: 192 (1787)		wfo-0000484054
Portulaca diegoi	Mattos	Loefgrenia 85: 1 (1984)		wfo-0000484064
Portulaca digyna	F.Muell.	Fragm. 1: 170 (1859)		wfo-0000484062
Portulaca diptera	Zipp. ex Span.	Linnaea 15: 207 (1841)		wfo-0000484052
Portulaca dodomaensis	M.G.Gilbert	Kew Bull. 55: 800 (2000)		wfo-0000489451
Portulaca dubia	Tepper	Trans. & Proc. Rep. Roy. Soc. South Australia 17: 16 (1893)		wfo-0000489460
Portulaca edulis	Danin & Bagella	–	—	wfo-1200098369
Portulaca eitenii	D.Legrand	Phytologia 16: 57 (1968)		wfo-0000489458
Portulaca elatinoides	A.Chev.	Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. i. 47 (1920), nomen.		wfo-0000489457
Portulaca eriophora	Casar.	Nov. Stirp. Bras. 2: 23 (1842)		wfo-0000489455
Portulaca erythraeae	Schweinf.	Bull. Herb. Boissier 4(App. 2): 171 (1896)		wfo-0000489452
Portulaca ferricola	J.R.Ferraz & Hassemer	Phytotaxa 560(1): 72. 2022		wfo-1000040625
Portulaca filifolia	F.Muell.	Fragm. 1: 169 (1859)		wfo-0000489257
Portulaca filsonii	J.H.Willis	Muelleria 3: 89 (1975)		wfo-0000489389
Portulaca fischeri	Pax	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 585 (1893)		wfo-0000489285
Portulaca flava	DC.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 355, sphalm. 1828 [mid Mar 1828]		wfo-0000489284
Portulaca geniculata	Royle	Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. : 221 (1835)		wfo-0000489288
Portulaca grandiflora var. grandiflora	–	–		wfo-1200097070
Portulaca grandis	Peter	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2, Anh.): 34 (1938)		wfo-0000489275
Portulaca greenwayi	M.G.Gilbert	Kew Bull. 55: 775 (2000)		wfo-0000489272
Portulaca guineensis	Lindl. ex DC.	Prodr. 3: 353 (1828)		wfo-0000489271
Portulaca helianthemoides	Zipp. ex Span.	Linnaea 15(2): 207. 1841 [Mar-Dec 1841] , nomen.		wfo-0000489306
Portulaca heterophylla	Peter	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2, Anh.): 33 (1938)		wfo-0000489304
Portulaca holosericea	Peter	Abh. Konigl. Ges. Wiss. Gottingen, Math.-Phys. Kl. n. f. xiii. II. 16, in obs., 120. 1928		wfo-0000489303
Portulaca imbricata	Forzk.	Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 92 (1775)		wfo-0000489299
Portulaca impolita	(Danin & H.G.Baker) Danin	Lagascalia 26: 76 (2006)		wfo-0000510102
Portulaca intraterranea	J.M.Black	Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. South Australia 50: 283 (1926)		wfo-0000489296
Portulaca involucrata	Haw.	Saxifrag. Enum. 2: 59 (1821)		wfo-0000489295
Portulaca irwinii	D.Legrand	Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 4(53): 2 (1970)		wfo-0000490611
Portulaca jacobseniana	G.D.Rowley	Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 21: 81 (1966)		wfo-0000489293
Portulaca javanensis	Poelln.	Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 273 (1943)		wfo-0000489292
Portulaca johnii	Poelln.	Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 12(9): 4 (1936)		wfo-0000489291
Portulaca johnstonii	Henrickson	Madroño 28: 78 (1981)		wfo-0000489290
Portulaca jujuyensis	Poelln.	Lilloa 5: 197 (1940)		wfo-0000489289
Portulaca kermesina var. kermesina	–	–	—	wfo-1200098237
Portulaca kermesina var. lutea	(Poelln.) S.M.Phillips	–	—	wfo-1200098407
Portulaca kuriensis	M.G.Gilbert	Kew Bull. 55: 789 (2000)		wfo-0000489247
Portulaca laevis	Buch.-Ham.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6841. 1832		wfo-0000489277
Portulaca lakhonensis	Gagnep.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 41 (1909)		wfo-0000489255
Portulaca linearifolia	(Sivar. & Manilal) D.Panwar	Int. J. Curr. Sci. Res. Rev. 6(2): 911 2023		wfo-1000055216
Portulaca linearis	Domb. ex DC.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 358. 1828 [mid Mar 1828]		wfo-0000489251
Portulaca linifolia	Forssk.	Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 92 (1775)		wfo-0000489239
Portulaca linifolia	Roxb.	Hort. Bengal. [36] nomen.		wfo-0000489250
Portulaca macrorhiza	R.Geesink	Blumea 17: 293 (1969)		wfo-0000489245
Portulaca macrorhiza	Zipp. ex Span.	Linnaea 15(2): 207. 1841 [Mar-Dec 1841] , nomen.		wfo-0000489244
Portulaca maritima	S.G.Gmel.	Reise Russland 4: 40 (1784)		wfo-0000489242
Portulaca massaica	S.M.Phillips	Kew Bull. 55: 689 (2000)		wfo-0000489240
Portulaca megalantha	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 383.		wfo-0000489249
Portulaca microsperma	Domin	Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 96 (1925)		wfo-0000489268
Portulaca minuta	Correll	J. Arnold Arbor. 60: 154 (1979)		wfo-0000489266
Portulaca mkatensis	Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 182 (1940)		wfo-0000489265
Portulaca molokiniensis	R.W.Hobdy	Pacific Sci. 41: 64 (1987 publ. 1988)		wfo-0000489256
Portulaca monanthoides	Lodé	–	—	wfo-1000065058
Portulaca montevidensis	C.A.Mey. ex Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 271, in syn. 1934		wfo-0000489263
Portulaca napiformis	F.Muell. ex Benth.	Fl. Austral. 1: 169 (1863)		wfo-0000489261
Portulaca neumannii	Engl. ex Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 162 (1933)		wfo-0000484442
Portulaca nogalensis	Chiov.	Fl. Somala 1: 91 (1929)		wfo-0000484439
Portulaca oblonga	Peter	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2, Anh.): 32 (1932)		wfo-0000484437
Portulaca okinawensis	Walker & Tawada	J. Washington Acad. Sci. 41: 138 (1951)		wfo-0000484423
Portulaca okinawensis var. amamiensis	Kokub., Koh Nakam. & Yokota	–	—	wfo-1200098170
Portulaca okinawensis var. okinawensis	–	–	—	wfo-1200098162
Portulaca oleracea subsp. impolita	Danin & H.G.Baker	Israel J. Bot. 27: 195 (1978 publ. 1979)		wfo-0000484426
Portulaca oleracea var. oleracea	–	–	—	wfo-1200097249
Portulaca oleracea var. trituberculata	(Danin, Domina & Raimondo) J.-M.Tison	Evaxiana 0.488888889 2021		wfo-1200028491
Portulaca oligosperma	F.Muell.	Fragm. 1: 170 (1859)		wfo-0000484551
Portulaca olosirwa	S.M.Phillips	Kew Bull. 55: 690 (2000)		wfo-0000484531
Portulaca opposita	Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 216, in obs., nomen event. 1940		wfo-0000484532
Portulaca pachyrrhiza	Gagnep.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 41 (1909)		wfo-0000484533
Portulaca papillosa	Sennen	Diagn. Nouv. : 299 (1936)		wfo-0000484542
Portulaca parensis	Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 185 (1940)		wfo-0000484537
Portulaca parviflora	Griseb.	Fl. Brit. W.I. [Grisebach] 57, sphalm. 1859 [Dec 1859]		wfo-0000484538
Portulaca paucistaminata	Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 97 (1941)		wfo-0000484536
Portulaca peteri	Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 186 (1940)		wfo-0000489260
Portulaca prolifera	Schumach. & Thonn.	Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 239 (1827)		wfo-0000489357
Portulaca prostrata	Domb. ex Lem.	Fl. des Serres ii. (Avril, 1846) sub t. 5.		wfo-0000489356
Portulaca pseudoquadrifida	Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 208 (1940)		wfo-0000489355
Portulaca quadrifolia	L.	–	—	wfo-0001105145
Portulaca ramosa	Peter	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2, Anh.): 34 (1938)		wfo-0000489349
Portulaca ramosissima	Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 64 (1941)		wfo-0000489348
Portulaca rediviva	Wawra	Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 38: 564 (1860)		wfo-0000489347
Portulaca remota	Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 302 (1934)		wfo-0000489346
Portulaca repens	Noronha	Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4): 25. 1790		wfo-0000489342
Portulaca repens	Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.	Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. : 356 (1834)		wfo-0000489345
Portulaca rhodesiana	R.A.Dyer & E.A.Bruce	Fl. Pl. Africa 27: t. 1069 (1949)		wfo-0000489340
Portulaca rostellata	Brign.	Linnaea 18: 509 (1845)		wfo-0000489353
Portulaca rubens	A.Chev.	Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. i. 48 (1920)nomen.		wfo-0000489373
Portulaca rubriflora	Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 104 (1941)		wfo-0000489371
Portulaca samhaensis	A.G.Mill.	Ethnofl. Soqotra Archipelago : 725 (2004)		wfo-0000489370
Portulaca sardoa	Danin, Bagella & Marrosu	–	—	wfo-0001302734
Portulaca saxea	Vell.	Fl. Flumin. : 202 (1829)		wfo-0000489367
Portulaca schliebenii	Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 206 (1940)		wfo-0000489366
Portulaca sect. Sedopsis	–	Veg. Erde [Engler] 9(3): 157. 1915		wfo-1000040125
Portulaca sedifolia	A.G.Mill.	–	—	wfo-1200098363
Portulaca sedoides	Welw.	Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 149 (1868)		wfo-0001264806
Portulaca setacea	Haw.	Misc. Nat. : 139 (1803)		wfo-0000489362
Portulaca sicula	Danin, Domina & Raimondo	Fl. Medit. 18: 92 (2008)		wfo-0000744509
Portulaca socotrana	Domina & Raimondo	Webbia 64: 10 (2009)		wfo-0000744510
Portulaca somalica	N.E.Br.	Gard. Chron. , n.s., 26: 134 (1886)		wfo-0000489337
Portulaca splendens	Lindl.	Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29: t. 34 (1843)		wfo-0000489315
Portulaca squarrosa	Peter	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2, Anh.): 33 (1938)		wfo-0000489350
Portulaca stelliformis	ex DC.	Prodr. 3: 353 (1828)		wfo-0000489323
Portulaca stipitata	D.Legrand	Anais Reunião Sul-Amer. Bot. 3: 98 (1940)		wfo-0000489322
Portulaca stuhlmannii	Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 164 (1933)		wfo-0000489319
Portulaca suffruticosa	Wight	–	—	wfo-1200098368
Portulaca sundaensis	Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 105 (1941)		wfo-0000489316
Portulaca talmyana	Gagnep.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 42 (1909)		wfo-0000489312
Portulaca tenera	Peter	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2, Anh.): 36 (1938)		wfo-0000489311
Portulaca terraereginae	Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 117 (1940)		wfo-0000489309
Portulaca tinctoria	Larrañaga	Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 161 (1923)		wfo-0000489308
Portulaca toston	Blanco	Fl. Filip. : 408 (1837)		wfo-0000489307
Portulaca tuberosa	Roxb.	Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 , 2: 464 (1832)		wfo-0000489336
Portulaca urbaniana	Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 102 (1941)		wfo-0000489332
Portulaca usambarensis	Poelln.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 189 (1940)		wfo-0000489331
Portulaca verticillata	Sessé & Moc.	Fl. Mexic., ed. 2 121. 1894		wfo-0000489329
Portulaca vilmoriana	H.Lév.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 259 (1910)		wfo-0000489328
Portulaca viridis	hort. ex DC.	Prodr. 3: 353 (1828)		wfo-0000489338