Portulacaria afra Jacq.
First published in Collectanea 1: 160 (1787)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NW. Kenya, S. Mozambique to S. Africa. It is a succulent shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Cape Provinces, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland
Introduced into:
Sicilia
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Crassula portulacaria L. in Sp. Pl. ed. 2.: 406 (1762)
- Crassula portulacastrum Harv. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 2: 386 (1862)
- Haenkea crassifolia Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 174 (1796), nom. superfl.
- Portulacaria afra f. macrophylla H.Jacobsen in Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 10: 81 (1955)
- Portulacaria afra f. microphylla H.Jacobsen in Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 10: 81 (1955)
- Portulacaria afra f. variegata H.Jacobsen in Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 10: 81 (1955)
- Portulacaria portulacaria (L.) Graebn. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1): 436 (1915), not validly publ.
- Claytonia portulacaria (L.) L. in Mant. Pl. 2: 211 (1771)
- Portulaca fruticosa Thunb. in Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 85 (1800), nom. illeg.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Dyer in Fl. Pl. Afr. 45: t. 1763 (1978).
- Jacq., Coll. Bot.. 1: 160, t. 22 (1786).
- K.C. Palgrave, Trees S. Africa: 162 (1977).
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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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
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images