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Fam.: Portulacaceae / Purslane Fam.  

Genus:  Portulaca  L.

In 1979, botany professor Avinoam Danin from Israel distinguished and described six different species of the Portulaca oleracea aggregate based on their seeds. These have different surface structures, allowing species to be differentiated according these. It is convenient to use a microscope for the determination of the surface structures.
Four species have also been found in Germany. I have already seen two of them: Portulaca papillatostellulata and Portulaca oleracea s.str. (synonyme: P. stellata). It is convenient to use a microscope for the determination.


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
   papillatostellulata:   with small starts and papillae (seed)
 

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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