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    Portulaca oleracea  L.  agg.    
 

Fam.: Portulacaceae / Purslane Fam.  

Genus:  Portulaca  L.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Portulaca:   portula = little door (purgative effect)
   oleracea:   vegetable
 

Botanic professor AVINOAM DANIN from Israel distinguished and described six different species in the Portulaca oleracea aggregate according to their seed. The seeds have different sizes and different structures of the surface. At least four of these species have also been found in Germany: Portulaca granulatostellulata, Portulaca papillatostellulata, Portulaca nitida, and Portulaca oleracea s.str. (= stellulata). The species are hardly distinguishable by an unaided eye, a strong magnifier or better a microscope is needed. First findings of three microspecies in Nordrhine-Westphalia have been presented in Funde von Portulaca granulatostellulata, P. nitida und P. papillatostellulata in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

 

Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, Croatia Senj 18.7.2007
Fig. 1:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
Croatia, Senj 18.7.2007
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, Croatia Senj 18.7.2007
Fig. 2:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
Croatia, Senj 18.7.2007
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, Croatia Senj 18.7.2007
Fig. 3:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
Croatia, Senj 18.7.2007
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, GR Euboea (Evia), Istiea 27.8.2017
Fig. 4:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
GR Euboea (Evia), Istiea 27.8.2017
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, GR Euboea (Evia), Istiea 27.8.2017
Fig. 5:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
GR Euboea (Evia), Istiea 27.8.2017
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, F Lauterbourg 8.9.2012
Fig. 6:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
F Lauterbourg 8.9.2012
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, F Lauterbourg 8.9.2012
Fig. 7:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
F Lauterbourg 8.9.2012
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, D Waghäusel 5.8.2006
Fig. 8:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
D Waghäusel 5.8.2006
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, D Kehl 28.7.2012
Fig. 9:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
D Kehl 28.7.2012
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, D Kehl 28.7.2012
Fig. 10:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
D Kehl 28.7.2012
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, D Germersheim-Lingenfeld 28.7.2007
Fig. 11:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
D Germersheim-Lingenfeld 28.7.2007
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, D Mannheim 27.7.2006
Fig. 12:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
D Mannheim 27.7.2006
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, D Mannheim 2.7.2009
Fig. 13:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
D Mannheim 2.7.2009
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, D Mannheim 2.7.2009
Fig. 14:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
D Mannheim 2.7.2009
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, D Mannheim 27.7.2006
Fig. 15:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
D Mannheim 27.7.2006
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, D Mannheim 21.8.2013
Fig. 16:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
D Mannheim 21.8.2013
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, D Mannheim 5.8.2006
Fig. 17:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
D Mannheim 5.8.2006
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, D Sandhausen 24.9.2018
Fig. 18:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
D Sandhausen 24.9.2018
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, D Bochum 23.8.2018
Fig. 19:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
D Bochum 23.8.2018
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, D Bochum 23.8.2018
Fig. 20:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
D Bochum 23.8.2018
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, A Seewinkel, Apetlon 26.9.2022
Fig. 21:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
A Seewinkel, Apetlon 26.9.2022
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, A Seewinkel, Apetlon 26.9.2022
Fig. 22:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane (another site)
A Seewinkel, Apetlon 26.9.2022
Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane, A Seewinkel, Apetlon 26.9.2022
Fig. 23:  Portulaca oleracea agg. / Common Purslane
A Seewinkel, Apetlon 26.9.2022

 


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