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Portulaca L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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L.
L.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
1753
445
ICN
Portulaca L.
Portulaca oleracea L.
genus
Portulaca

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Portulacaceae
Portulaca

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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Portulaca L.

Glabrous, taprooted, annual or perennial, fleshy herbs. Stems branching, prostrate to ascending, vegetative and reproductive. Lvs many, usually spiralled to subopposite, sometimes opposite, the uppermost whorled below the infl.; axillary hair-tufts present. Infl. terminal, few-flowered, bracteate, or fls solitary. Sepals hooded, the anterior overlapping the posterior. Petals 4-6. Stamens 4-many. Ovary semi-inferior, of 3-8 fused carpels; style branches 3-8. Capsule thin-walled, 1-locular, circumscissile; seeds many.

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Portulaca L.
Portulaca
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Portulaca L.
Portulacaceae Juss.
Portulaca L.
Portulaca L.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)
Portulaca L.

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Portulaca L.
Cook Islands
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Portulaca L.
Cook Islands
Rarotonga
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Portulaca L.
Niue
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Portulaca L.
Tonga
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a7cf6982-dbaa-4155-9c8c-1e8518c35046
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
28 January 2014
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