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Portulaca L.

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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
445
ICN
Portulaca L.
genus
Portulaca

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Portulaca

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Portulaca L.

Glabrous, taprooted, annual or perennial, fleshy herbs. Stems branching, prostrate to ascending, vegetative and reproductive. Lvs many, usually spiralled to subopposite, sometimes opposite, the uppermost whorled below the infl.; axillary hair-tufts present. Infl. terminal, few-flowered, bracteate, or fls solitary. Sepals hooded, the anterior overlapping the posterior. Petals 4-6. Stamens 4-many. Ovary semi-inferior, of 3-8 fused carpels; style branches 3-8. Capsule thin-walled, 1-locular, circumscissile; seeds many.

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Portulaca L.
Portulaca
Portulaca L.
Portulaca L.
Portulaca L.
Portulaca L.

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Portulaca L.
Cook Islands
Portulaca L.
Cook Islands
Rarotonga
Portulaca L.
Niue
Portulaca L.
Tonga

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a7cf6982-dbaa-4155-9c8c-1e8518c35046
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
28 January 2014
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