Overview
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Portulaca (purslane) is the type genus of the purslane family Portulacaceae, comprising about 40-100 species (probably much fewer and potentially far far more) found in the tropics and warm temperate regions. It is also sometimes known as Rose Moss.
Common Purslane Portulaca oleracea is widely considered an edible plant, and in some areas an invasive type of weed. Some Portulaca species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including The Nutmeg.
- Selected species
- Portulaca amilis Paraguayan Purslane
- Portulaca andicola
- Portulaca biloba Cuban Purslane
- Portulaca boliviensis
- Portulaca caulerpoides Puerto Rican Purslane
- Portulaca cryptopetala
- Portulaca elatior
- Portulaca elongata
- Portulaca eruca
- Portulaca fluvialis
- Portulaca fragilis
- Portulaca gilliesii, glyphosate resistant (ca. 10 L/ha)
- Portulaca gracilis
- Portulaca grandiflora Moss-rose Purslane
- Portulaca halimoides Silkcotton Purslane
- Portulaca insularis
- Portulaca lanuginosa
- Portulaca longiusculotuberculata
- Portulaca lutea Yellow Purslane
- Portulaca molokiniensis 'Ihi
- Portulaca mucronata
- Portulaca oleracea Common Purslane or Pigweed
- Portulaca papulosa
- Portulaca pedicellata
- Portulaca perennis
- Portulaca pilosa - Shaggy Purslane
- Portulaca psammotropha
- Portulaca quadrifida Chickenweed Purslane
- Portulaca rotundifolia
- Portulaca rubricaulis Redstem Purslane
- Portulaca sclerocarpa 'Ihi Makole
- Portulaca smallii Small's Purslane
- Portulaca suffrutescens Shrubby Purslane
- Portulaca teretifolia Roundleaf Purslane
- Portulaca umbraticola Wingpod Purslane
- Portulaca villosa - Hairy Purslane or ‘Ihi
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Taxonomy
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The Genus Portulaca is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 552 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Portulaca: P. 'Bobby Dazzler' · P. 'Fairytale Cinderella' (Double Portulaca) · P. 'Fairytale Sleeping Beauty' (Double Portulaca) · P. 'Fairytale Snow White' (Double Portulaca) · P. 'Firegold' · P. 'Giant Jewel' (Portulaca) · P. 'Puerto Rican' · P. 'Samba Peppermint' · P. 'Sunnyside Mix' (Portulaca) · P. 'Tequila Fuchsia' (Moss Rose) · P. adenostemon · P. advena · P. afra · P. afra variegata (Elephant Bush) · P. africana · P. amboensis · P. amboensis var. pedicellata · P. americana · P. amilis (Paraguayan Purslane) · P. amilis var. minensis · P. amilis var. pilgeri · P. amilis var. rosengurttii · P. anacampseros · P. anceps · P. andicola · P. andina · P. andina var. bonetei · P. arabica · P. arachnoides · P. arenicola · P. arequipaensis · P. argentinensis · P. armitii · P. aurantiaca · P. aurea · P. australis · P. axilliflora · P. bareschta · P. bicolor · P. bicolor var. bicolor · P. bicolor var. purpurea · P. bicolor var. rosea · P. biloba (Cuban Purslane) · P. boliviensis · P. boninensis · P. brasiliensis · P. brevifolia · P. brevifolia var. nana · P. brevifolia var. stellatis · P. brevioperculata · P. bulbifera · P. caffra · P. calandroides · P. californica · P. canariensis · P. capitata · P. cardenasiana · P. carnosa · P. carrissoana · P. caryophylloides · P. catharinae · P. catingaensis · P. caulerpoides (Puerto Rico Purslane) · P. caumii · P. cayennensis · P. centrali-africana · P. chacoana · P. chariensis · P. ciferrii · P. cincta · P. cinerea · P. clavigera · P. collina · P. colombiana · P. columbiana · P. commutata · P. confertifolia · P. confertifolia var. cordobensis · P. conico-operculata · P. conoidea · P. consanguinea · P. conspicua · P. constricta · P. conzattii · P. coralloides · P. cordobensis · P. coronata · P. coronata coronata · P. costata · P. crassicaulis · P. crassifolia · P. cristata · P. crocodilorum · P. cryptopetala · P. cryptopetala diversifolia · P. cryptopetala f. phaenopetala · P. cryptopetala f. saltensis · P. cryptopetala var. diversifolia · P. cryptopetala var. legrandii · P. cryptopetala var. poellnitziana · P. cryptopetala var. spegazziniana · P. cubensis · P. cuneifolia · P. cyanosperma · P. cyathostyla · P. cyclophylla · P. cypria · P. decipiens · P. decorticans · P. decumbens · P. denudata · P. depauperata · P. dhofarica · P. dichotoma · P. diegoi · P. digyna · P. dinteri · P. diptera · P. diversifolia · P. diversifolia var. angustata · P. diversifolia var. legrandii · P. diversifolia var. saltensis · P. dodomaensis · P. dubia · P. echinosperma · P. ehrenbergii · P. eitenii · P. elatinoides · P. elatior · P. elongata · P. elongata var. pedicellata · P. erecta · P. eriophora · P. eruca · P. erythraeae · P. expatriata · P. fascicularis · P. filamentosa · P. filifolia · P. filifolia var. filifolia · P. filifolia var. humilis · P. filsonii · P. fischeri · P. flava · P. fluvialis · P. fluvialis var. argentinensis · P. fluvialis var. boliviensis · P. fluvialis var. depressa · P. fluvialis var. tacuaremboensis · P. foliosa · P. formosana · P. fosbergii · P. fragilis · P. frieseana · P. fruticosa (Verdolaga-Francesa) · P. fulgens · P. gagatosperma · P. geniculata · P. gilliesii · P. gilliesii var. pedicellata · P. glazioviana · P. gracilis · P. grandiflora (Eleven-O´clock) · P. grandiflora 'Double Mix' · P. grandiflora 'Duet Candy Stripe' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Duet Golden Sunrise' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Duet Rose Improved' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Duet Yellow' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Fairytales Cinderella' · P. grandiflora 'Giant Bicolor Radiance' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Giant Pink Radiance' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Kariba Mixed' · P. grandiflora 'Magic Carpet Mix' · P. grandiflora 'Margarita Mix' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Margarita Orange' (Margarita Orange Portulaca) · P. grandiflora 'Margarita Rosita' (Margarita Rosita Portulaca) · P. grandiflora 'Margarita Scarlet' (Margarita Scarlet Portulaca) · P. grandiflora 'Oostporap' · P. grandiflora 'Rouge Rubis' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Sleeping Beauty' · P. grandiflora 'Snow White' · P. grandiflora 'Summer Joy Orange' · P. grandiflora 'Sundial Mango' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Sundial Mix' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Sundial Peach' · P. grandiflora 'Sundial Peppermint' · P. grandiflora 'Sundial Scarlet' · P. grandiflora 'Sunseeker Red' · P. grandiflora 'Tequila Chiffon' · P. grandiflora 'Tequila Fuchsia' · P. grandiflora 'Tequila Mango' · P. grandiflora 'Tequila Orange' · P. grandiflora 'Warm Gold' · P. grandiflora 'Yubi Rose With Red Eye' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Yubi Summer Joy Apricot' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Yubi Summer Joy Light Pink' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Yubi Summer Joy Orange' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Yubi Summer Joy Pink' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Yubi Summer Joy Rose With Red Eye' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Yubi Summer Joy Rose' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Yubi Summer Joy Scarlet' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Yubi Summer Joy White' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora 'Yubi Summer Joy Wine Red' (Moss Rose) · P. grandiflora cisplatina · P. grandiflora f. depressa · P. grandiflora f. granulata · P. grandiflora f. plena · P. grandiflora ruizii · P. grandiflora Sundial Series · P. grandiflora var. cisplatina · P. grandiflora var. depressa · P. grandiflora var. immerso-stellulata · P. grandiflora var. macrophylla · P. grandiflora var. major · P. grandiflora var. microphylla · P. grandiflora var. osteniana · P. grandiflora var. typica · P. grandis · P. granulatostellulata · P. greenwayi · P. guanajuatensis · P. guianensis · P. guineensis · P. hainanensis · P. halimoides (Silk-Cotton Purslane) · P. halimoides var. brasiliensis · P. halimoides var. brevipilosa · P. hatschbachii · P. haughtii · P. hawaiiensis · P. helianthemoides · P. hereroensis · P. heterophylla · P. hilaireana · P. hirsutissima · P. hoehnei · P. holosericea · P. hortensis · P. howellii · P. humilis · P. imbricata · P. immerso-stellulata · P. immerso-stellulata var. galanderi · P. immerso-stellulata var. uruguayensis · P. impolita · P. insignis · P. insularis · P. intraterranea · P. involucrata · P. irwinii · P. jacobseniana · P. javanensis · P. johnii · P. johnstonii · P. jujuyensis · P. karwinskii · P. kermesina · P. kermesina var. lutea · P. kuriensis · P. laevis · P. lakhonensis · P. lanata · P. lanceolata · P. lanceolata umbraticola (Wingpod Purslane) · P. lanceolata var. minor · P. lanceolata var. versicolor · P. lanuginosa · P. laruotteana · P. latifolia · P. legrandii · P. linearis · P. linifolia · P. longiusculo-tuberculata · P. lutea (Native Yellow Purslane) · P. lutea var. howellii · P. macbridei · P. macrantha · P. macrorhiza · P. macrosperma · P. marginata · P. maritima · P. martinicensis · P. masonii · P. massaica · P. matthewsii · P. mauritiensis · P. mauritiensis var. aldabrensis · P. mauritiensis var. grubbii · P. megalantha · P. mendocinensis · P. merodiana · P. mexicana · P. meyeri · P. meyeri var. rodrigoi · P. meyerii · P. microphylla · P. microsperma · P. milleri · P. minensis · P. minuta · P. minutiflora · P. mkatensis · P. molokiniensis ('ihi) · P. montevidensis · P. mucronata · P. mucronata var. alba · P. mucronata var. cupulata · P. mucronata var. longiusculo-tuberculata · P. mucronata var. paraguariensis · P. mucronsita · P. mucronulata · P. mucronulata var. microphylla · P. mucronulata var. robusta · P. multistaminata · P. mundula · P. nana · P. nana var. linearifolia · P. napiformis · P. neglecta · P. neumannii · P. nicaraguensis · P. nitida · P. nivea · P. nogalensis · P. oblonga · P. obtusa · P. obtusifolia · P. obtusifolia var. rubrisperma · P. officinarum · P. okinawensis · P. oleracea · P. oleracea subsp. africana · P. oleracea subsp. granulato-stellulata · P. oleracea 'Double Yubi Gold' (Little Hogweed) · P. oleracea 'Double Yubi Lemon Yellow' (Little Hogweed) · P. oleracea 'Double Yubi Orange' (Little Hogweed) · P. oleracea 'Double Yubi Pink' (Little Hogweed) · P. oleracea 'Double Yubi Purple and Yellow' (Little Hogweed) · P. oleracea 'Double Yubi Rose' (Little Hogweed) · P. oleracea 'Double Yubi Sunset Red' (Little Hogweed) · P. oleracea 'Double Yubi White' (Little Hogweed) · P. oleracea 'Duet Golden Sunrise' · P. oleracea 'Duet Rose Improved' · P. oleracea 'Goldberg' (Little Hogweed) · P. oleracea 'Kakegawa Cy1' · P. oleracea 'Rio Orange' · P. oleracea 'Rio Rose' · P. oleracea 'Rio White' · P. oleracea 'Summer Joy Pink' · P. oleracea 'Summer Joy Red' · P. oleracea 'Summer Joy Rose' · P. oleracea 'Summer Joy Scarlet' · P. oleracea 'Summer Joy White' · P. oleracea 'Summer Joy Yellow' · P. oleracea 'Toucan Fuchsia' · P. oleracea 'Toucan Scarlet Shades' · P. oleracea 'Toucan Yellow' · P. oleracea 'Yubi Yellow' (Little Hogweed) · P. oleracea africana · P. oleracea granulato-stellulata · P. oleracea impolita · P. oleracea L. var. sativa (Haworth) de Candolle · P. oleracea nicaraguensis · P. oleracea nitida · P. oleracea oleracea (Common Purslane) · P. oleracea papillato-stellulata · P. oleracea papillatostellulata · P. oleracea parvifolia · P. oleracea stellata · P. oleracea Summer Baby Golden = 'Kakegawa Cy1' · P. oleracea tuberculata · P. oleracea var. aurea · P. oleracea var. delicatula · P. oleracea var. gracilescens · P. oleracea var. grandiflora · P. oleracea var. linearifolia · P. oleracea var. macrantha · P. oleracea var. micrantha · P. oleracea var. parvifolia · P. oleracea var. sativa (Kitchen-Garden Purslane) · P. oligosperma · P. olitoria · P. olosirwa · P. opposita · P. pachyrrhiza · P. paniculata · P. papillatostellulata · P. papillosa · P. papulifera · P. papulosa · P. papulosa tuberculata · P. papulosa var. tuberculata · P. parensis · P. parviflora · P. parvifolia · P. parvula · P. patens · P. paucistaminata · P. pedicellata · P. pedicellata var. cochabambensis · P. perennis · P. peruviana · P. peteri · P. phaeosperma · P. philippii · P. pilgeri · P. pilosa (Shaggy Portulaca) · P. pilosa subsp. decipiens · P. pilosa subsp. grandiflora · P. pilosa subsp. pilosa · P. pilosa cisplatina · P. pilosa decipiens · P. pilosa f. aurantiaca · P. pilosa f. maxima · P. pilosa f. mexicana · P. pilosa f. procumbens · P. pilosa f. rubra · P. pilosa grandiflora · P. pilosa papulosa · P. pilosa pilosa · P. pilosa var. eriophora · P. pilosa var. fulgens · P. pilosa var. grandiflora · P. pilosa var. guyannensis · P. pilosa var. halimoides · P. pilosa var. hirsutissima · P. pilosa var. marginata · P. pilosa var. microphylla · P. pilosa var. mucronata · P. pilosa var. mundula · P. pilosa var. normalis · P. pilosa var. osteniana · P. pilosa var. setacea · P. pilosa var. simpliciuscula · P. pilosa var. tuberosa · P. pilosissima · P. plano-operculata · P. platensis · P. poellnitziana · P. poliosperma · P. poliosperma var. bistigmatata · P. poliosperma var. cubensis · P. poliosperma var. minor · P. poliosperma var. tristigmatata · P. P.strum · P. procumbens · P. prolifera · P. prostrata · P. psammotropha · P. pseudoquadrifida · P. pusilla · P. pygmaea · P. quadrifida (Chicken Weed) · P. quadrifida subsp. major · P. quadrifolia · P. racemosa · P. ragonesi · P. ramosa · P. ramosissima · P. rausii · P. rediviva · P. reflexa · P. regnelliana · P. remota · P. repens · P. retusa · P. rhodesiana · P. ripicola · P. rosae · P. rostellata · P. rotundifolia · P. rubens · P. rubricaulis (Redstem Purslane) · P. rubriflora · P. rufescens · P. rupicola · P. rzedowskiana · P. samhaensis · P. samoensis · P. sanctae-martae · P. sanctaemartae · P. sativa (Golden Purslane) · P. sativa 'Goldgelber' (Golden Purslane) · P. saxea · P. saxi-sacchari · P. saxifragoides · P. saxisacchari · P. schenkii · P. schliebenii · P. sclerocarpa ('ihi Makole) · P. sedifolia · P. sedoides · P. setacea · P. sicula · P. simpliciuscula · P. simpliciuscula var. spegazzinii · P. smallii (Small's Purslane) · P. socotrana · P. solferina · P. somalica · P. splendens · P. squarrosa · P. stellata · P. stelliformis · P. stellulato-tuberculata · P. stipitata · P. stipularis · P. striata · P. stuhlmannii · P. suffrutescens (Shrubby Purslane) · P. suffruticosa · P. sundaensis · P. Sunnyside Series · P. sylvestris · P. talmyana · P. tenera · P. teretifolia (Roundleaf Purslane) · P. teretifolia cubensis · P. teretifolia var. cubensis · P. terrae-reginae · P. terraereginae · P. thellusonii · P. tinctoria · P. tingoensis · P. tingoensis var. andina · P. toston · P. triangularis (Verdolaga-Francesa) · P. trianthemoides · P. trigona · P. trituberculata · P. tuberculata · P. tuberosa · P. ulei · P. umbraticola (Wing-Pod Purslane) · P. umbraticola subsp. coronata (Wingpod Purslane) · P. umbraticola coronata · P. umbraticola lanceolata · P. umbraticola var. lanceolata · P. urbaniana · P. usambarensis · P. venezuelensis · P. verticillata · P. villosa (Hairy Purslane) · P. vilmoriana · P. viridis · P. walteriana · P. werdermannii · P. wightiana · P. yecorensis · P. zaffranii
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