Portulaca wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn.
First published in Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 356 (1834)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Ethiopia to N. Tanzania, W. Zimbabwe to S. Africa, S. India, Sri Lanka. It is a succulent annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Anacampseros somaliensis Poelln. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65: 411 (1933)
- Portulaca collina Dinter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 139 (1923)
- Portulaca usambarensis Poelln. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 189 (1940)
- Portulaca usambarensis var. granulata Poelln. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 189 (1940)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- (2022). https://doi.org/10.1002/fedr.202100010. epublication.
- Dassanayake (ed.) (1996). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 10: 1-426. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
- 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.
- Phillips, S.M. (2002). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Portulacaceae: 1-40.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1961). Flora Zambesiaca 1(2): 337-581. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Phillips, S.M. (2002). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Portulacaceae: 1-40.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Apr 30, 2004 | Wight in Herb. Wallich [6845], India | K000075360 | isotype | Yes | |
Apr 30, 2004 | s.n. [1166], India | K000641660 | Yes | ||
Apr 30, 2004 | s.n. [120], India | K000641661 | Yes | ||
Rajagopal, T., India | 32334.000 | No | |||
Gillett, J.B. [13061], Kenya | 9021.000 | No | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6845], India | K001124970 | Yes | |||
Dinter [3489], Namibia | Portulaca collina | K000313625 | Yes |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0