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

Zimbabwe: 7 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
collina Dinter	N,W
foliosa Ker Gawl.	N,W,C
hereroensis Schinz	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
kermesina N.E. Br.	W,S	Description, Image
oleracea L.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
quadrifida L.	N,W,E,S	Description, Image
rhodesiana R.A. Dyer & E.A. Bruce[End][DD]	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Portulaca:

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Flora of Botswana: Portulaca
Flora of Burundi: Portulaca
Flora of Caprivi: 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: 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