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	Portulaca grandiflora  HOOK.

Fam.: Portulacaceae / Purslane Fam.

Genus:  Portulaca  L.

Authors:
	HOOK.:		William Jackson Hooker (1785 - 1865), English botanist
	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)
	grandiflora:		large-flowered

Fig. 1:  Portulaca grandiflora / Rose Moss (cultiv.) D Bensheim 5.7.2007

Fig. 2:  Portulaca grandiflora / Rose Moss (cultiv.) D Bensheim 5.7.2007

Fig. 3:  Portulaca grandiflora / Rose Moss (cultiv.) D Bensheim 5.7.2007

Fig. 4:  Portulaca grandiflora / Rose Moss D Bochum 7.9.2021

Fig. 5:  Portulaca grandiflora / Rose Moss D Bochum 7.9.2021

Fig. 6:  Portulaca grandiflora / Rose Moss NL Zierikzee 15.8.2015

Fig. 7:  Portulaca grandiflora / Rose Moss NL Zierikzee 15.8.2015

Fig. 8:  Portulaca grandiflora / Rose Moss NL Zierikzee 15.8.2015

Fig. 9:  Portulaca grandiflora / Rose Moss NL Zierikzee 15.8.2015

Fig. 10:  Portulaca grandiflora / Rose Moss NL Zierikzee 15.8.2015

Fig. 11:  Portulaca grandiflora / Rose Moss NL Zierikzee 15.8.2015

Fig. 12:  Portulaca grandiflora / Rose Moss NL Zierikzee 15.8.2015

Fig. 13:  Portulaca grandiflora / Rose Moss NL Zierikzee 15.8.2015

Fig. 14:  Portulaca grandiflora / Rose Moss (cultiv.) F Cirque de Navacelles 30.5.2009

Fig. 15:  Portulaca grandiflora / Rose Moss (cultiv.) F Cirque de Navacelles 30.5.2009

Fig. 16:  Portulaca grandiflora / Rose Moss (cultiv.) F Cirque de Navacelles 30.5.2009

Fig. 17:  Portulaca grandiflora ? / Rose Moss D Mannheim 15.9.2013

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