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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Portulacaceae

Hierarchical position of the Family Portulacaceae

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Caryophyllidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb pub. 1826       Subordo  Portulacineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 113. Mai 1898.       Familia  Portulacaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 312. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Purslanes

Named members of the Family Portulacaceae

1	Genus  Amphipetalum Bacigalupo
2	Genus  Anacampseros L.
3	Tribus  Calandrinieae Fenzl pub. Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 295. Feb 1839.
	4    Subtribus  Calandriniinae Fenzl ex Meisn. pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 130, Comm. 94. 8-14 Apr 1838.      5    Genus  Calandrinia Kunth pub. (1823) common name: redmaids
6	Genus  Calandriniopsis E.Franz syn. Calandrinia Kunth
7	Genus  Calyptridium Nutt.
8	Subfamilia  Calyptrothecoideae Gilg in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr.: 177, 178. Aug 1897.
	9    Genus  Calyptrotheca Gilg pub. (1897)
10	Genus  Ceraria H.Pearson & Stephens
11	Genus  Claytonia L. common name: springbeauty
12	Genus  Claytoniella Jurtzev syn. Montia L.
13	Genus  Crunocallis Rydb. syn. Montia L.
14	Genus  Grahamia Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.
15	Genus  Lenzia Phil.
16	Subfamilia  Lewisioideae Hook. ex Torr. & A. Gray pub. Fl. N. Amer. 1: 677. Jun 1840.
	17    Tribus  Lewisieae (Hook. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Walp. pub. Repert. Bot. Syst. 5: 790. 22-24 Jun 1846.      18    Genus  Lewisia Pursh pub. (1814) common name: lewisia
19	Genus  Limnalsine Rydb. syn. Montia L.
20	Genus  Limnia Haw. syn. Claytonia L.
21	Genus  Maxia O.Nilsson syn. Montia L.
22	Genus  Mona O.Nilsson
23	Genus  Monocosmia Fenzl
24	Genus  Montiastrum Rydb. syn. Montia L.
25	Tribus  Montieae Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 86. 1827.
	26    Genus  Montia L. pub. (1753) common name: miner's lettuce
27	Genus  Montiopsis Kuntze
28	Genus  Naiocrene (Torr. & A.Gray) Rydb. syn. Montia L.
29	Genus  Neopaxia O.Nilsson
30	Genus  Oreobroma Howell syn. Lewisia Pursh
31	Genus  Philippiamra Kuntze syn. Silvaea Phil.
32	Tribus  Portulacarieae Fenzl pub. Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 294. Feb 1839.
	33    Genus  Portulacaria Jacq. pub. (1787) common name: portulacaria
34	Subfamilia  Portulacoideae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 739, 1131. Jun 1835.
	35    Tribus  Portulaceae Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 86. 1827.      36    Genus  Portulaca L. pub. (1753) common name: purslane
37	Genus  Rumicastrum Ulbr.
38	Genus  Sabouraea Leandri syn. Talinella Baill.
39	Genus  Schreiteria Carolin
40	Genus  Sedopsis (Engl.) Exell & Mendonca syn. Portulaca L.
41	Genus  Silvaea Phil.
42	Genus  Spraguea Torr.
43	Genus  Talinaria Brandegee
44	Tribus  Talineae Fenzl pub. Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1: 352. 1836.
	45    Genus  Talinum Adans. pub. (1763) common name: fameflower
46	Genus  Talinella Baill.
47	Genus  Talinopsis A.Gray common name: talinopsis

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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