Portulaca
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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Portulaca | image = P_villosa.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Portulaca villosa Cham. | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Magnoliopsida | ordo = Caryophyllales | familia = Portulacaceae | genus = Portulaca L. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = about 40-100, see text }}
Portulaca (purslane) is the type genus of the purslane family Portulacaceae, comprising about 40-100 species (probably much fewer) found in the tropics and warm temperate regions.
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 Rico Purslane
- Portulaca cryptopetala
- Portulaca elatior
- Portulaca elongata
- Portulaca eruca
- Portulaca fluvialis
- Portulaca fragilis
- Portulaca gilliesii
- 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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