Portulacaceae
Portulaca
Portulaca oleracea

Portulaca oleracea var. granulatostellulata Poelln.

First published in Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 9: 5. (1936)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Macaronesia, Medit. to Sahel, E. Central Europe to Caucasus, W. Indian Ocean. It is an annual or biennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Canary Is., Comoros, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Libya, Madeira, Mauritania, Mozambique Channel Is., Nigeria, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Poland, Romania, Réunion, Sardegna, Sicilia, Somalia, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda

Introduced into:

Baleares, Belarus, Caroline Is., Central European Russia, Cuba, Finland, Gilbert Is., Great Britain, Guatemala, Hawaii, Krym, Marcus I., Marshall Is., Portugal, Southwest Caribbean, Sweden, Tuamotu, Ukraine, Wake I.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève. [Cited as Portulaca granulatostellulata.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Authier, P. & Covillot, J. (2011). Catalogue actualisé des plantes de l'île de Rhodes (Grèce). Saussurea; Travaux de la Société Botanique de Genève 41: 131-170.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Castle, G.E. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. Orstom Editions.
  • Cirilo, N. & Proctor, G.R. (1994). Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41-42: 73-80.
  • Danin, A. (2011). Collections of microspecies of Portulaca oleracea aggregate from Europe and the Mediterranean areas. Flora Mediterranea; Acta Herbsarii Mediterranei Panormitani sub Auspiciis Societas Botanicorum Mediterraneorum "Optima" Nuncupata Edita 21: 305-307.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Fosberg, F.R. & Sachet, M.-H. (1987). Flora of the Gilbert Island, Kiribati, Checklist. Atoll Research Bulletin 295: 1-33.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Greuter, W. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2012). Med-Checklist Notulae, 31. Willdenowia 42: 287-295.
  • Greuter, W. & al. (eds.) (2022). Flora de la republica de Cuba : Serie A, Plantas vasculares 27.
  • Greuter, W. & von Raab-Straube, E. (eds.) (2011). Euro+Med Notulae, 5. Willdenowia 41: 129-138.
  • Phillips, S.M. (2002). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Portulacaceae: 1-40.
  • Sachet, M.-H. (1983). Takapoto atoll, Tuamotu archipelago: terrestrial vegetation and flora. Atoll Research Bulletin 277: 1-41.
  • Sennikov, A.N., Lazkov, G.A., Uotila, P. & Weber, H.E. (2011). Taxonomic corrections and new records in vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Memoranda Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 87: 41-64.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 2: 989-1918. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.
  • iNaturalist.org (2019-countinuously updated). iNaturalist Research-grade Observations. Occurrence dataset http://www.inaturalist.org.
  • von Raab-Staube, E. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2023). Euro+Med-Checklist Notulae, 16. Willdenowia 53: 57-77.
  • von Raab-Straube, E. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2013). Euro+Med-Checklist notulae, 2. Willdenowia 43: 239-249.
  • von Raab-Straube, E. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2015). Euro+Med-Checklist Notulae, 5. Willdenowia 45: 449-464.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

This taxon has a temporary IPNI identifier and therefore an IPNI link cannot be provided, read more about this on the about powo page.

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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