Portulaca nicaraguensis

Last updated

Portulaca nicaraguensis
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Portulacaceae
Genus: Portulaca
Species:
P. nicaraguensis
Binomial name
Portulaca nicaraguensis
(Danin & H.G.Baker) Danin
Synonyms [1]
  • Portulaca oleracea subsp. nicaraguensisDanin & H.G.Baker

Portulaca nicaraguensis, commonly known as neotropical purslane [2] is a semisucculent plant in the family Portulacaceae. Portulaca nicaraguensis is usually considered to be native to the central and southeastern United States, Central America, the West Indies, and Macaronesia. [1]

Description

Portulaca nicaraguensis was initially described as a subspecies of Portulaca oleracea , but has since been reclassified as a distinct species due to morphological differences and a difference in ploidy (P. nicaraguensis being diploid, while P. oleracea being hexaploid). [3] Portulaca nicaraguensis is easiest distinguished from Portulaca oleracea by its seeds which are covered in a bluish wax. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Portulaca nicaraguensis (Danin & H.G.Baker) Danin". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Portulaca nicaraguensis". Flora of the Southeastern United States. A.S. Weakley & SE Flora Team. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Walter, Johannes; Vekslyarska, Tetyana; Dobeš, Christoph (September 2015). "Flow cytometric, chromosomal and morphometric analyses challenge current taxonomic concepts in the Portulaca oleracea complex (Portulacaeae, Caryophyllales)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 179 (1): 144–156. doi:10.1111/boj.12309.
  4. ↑ "Key to Portulaca". Flora of the Southeastern United States. A.S. Weakley & SE Flora Team. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.