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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Portulaca

'ihi
'ihi makole
Indian cress
chickenweed
eleven-o'clock
kiss me quick
moss rose
purslane
sun plant

Hierarchical position of the Genus Portulaca

   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
  
   Subfamilia  Portulacoideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 739, 1131. Jun 1835.
  
   Tribus  Portulaceae Dumort.
pub. Fl. Belg.: 86. 1827.
  
   Genus  Portulaca L.
pub. (1753)
common name: purslane
  

Named members of the Genus Portulaca

1
   Species  amilis Speg.
common name: Paraguayan purslane
2
   Species  biloba Urban
common name: Cuban purslane
3
   Species  caulerpoides Britt. & Wilson ex Britt.
common name: Puerto Rico purslane
4
   Species  coronata Small
syn. Portulaca umbraticola ssp. coronata
5
   Species  cyanosperma Engl.
syn. Portulaca pilosa
6
   Species  grandiflora Hook.
common name: sun plant, eleven-o'clock, moss rose
  
7
   Species  halimoides L.
common name: silkcotton purslane
8
   Species  hawaiiensis O. Deg.
syn. Portulaca villosa
9
   Species  lanceolata Engelm.
syn. Portulaca umbraticola ssp. umbraticola
10
   Species  lutea Soland. ex G. Forst.
common name: native yellow purslane
11
   Species  molokiniensis Hobdy
common name: 'ihi
12
   Species  mundula I.M. Johnston
syn. Portulaca pilosa
13
   Species  neglecta Mackenzie & Bush
syn. Portulaca oleracea
14
   Species  oleracea L.
common name: purslane, Indian cress, verdolaga  (Mexican), carti-choy  (Chinese), portulaca  (Italian), pourpier  (French)
  
 
15
   Subspecies  granulatostellulata (Poelln.) Danin & Baker
syn. Portulaca oleracea
16
   Subspecies  impolita Danin & Baker
syn. Portulaca oleracea
17
   Subspecies  nicaraguensis Danin & Baker
syn. Portulaca oleracea
18
   Subspecies  nitida Danin & Baker
syn. Portulaca oleracea
19
   Subspecies  papillatostellulata Danin & Baker
syn. Portulaca oleracea
20
   Subspecies  stellata Danin & Baker
syn. Portulaca oleracea
21
   Species  paniculata Jacq.
syn. Talinum paniculatum var. paniculatum
22
   Species  parvula Gray
syn. Portulaca halimoides
23
   Species  phaeosperma Urban
syn. Portulaca rubricaulis
24
   Species  pilosa L.
common name: kiss me quick
  
25
   Species  poliosperma Urban
syn. Portulaca teretifolia
26
   Species  portulacastrum L.
syn. Sesuvium portulacastrum
27
   Species  quadrifida L.
common name: chickenweed
28
   Species  retusa Engelm.
syn. Portulaca oleracea
29
   Species  rubricaulis Kunth
common name: redstem purslane
30
   Species  sclerocarpa Gray
common name: 'ihi makole
31
   Species  smallii P. Wilson
common name: Small's purslane
32
   Species  suffrutescens Engelm.
common name: shrubby purslane
33
   Species  teretifolia Kunth
common name: roundleaf purslane
34
   Species  umbraticola Kunth
 
35
   Subspecies  coronata (Small) Matthews & Ketron
common name: wingpod purslane
36
   Subspecies  lanceolata (Engelm.) Matthews & Ketron
syn. Portulaca umbraticola ssp. umbraticola
37
   Subspecies  umbraticola
common name: wingpod purslane
38
   Species  villosa Cham.
common name: hairy purslane

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

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

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

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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