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Portulaca oleracea f. sativa (Haw.) Alef.
Landw. Fl. 111 1866
Family: PORTULACACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Portulaca oleracea subs. sativa (Haw.) ?elak.
Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 484 1875 ?elak.

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Portulaca oleracea L.
Sp. Pl. 445 1753
Synonymy: 34 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Portulaca oleracea subs. africana Danin & Baker
Israel J. Bot. 27[3-4]: 187 (1978)
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Portulaca oleracea subs. canariensis (Danin & Reyes-Bet.)
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Portulaca oleracea subs. cypria (Danin)
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Portulaca oleracea subs. granulatostellulata (Poelln.) Danin & Baker
Israel J. Bot. 27[3-4]: 189 (1978)
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Portulaca oleracea subs. impolita Danin & H.G.Baker
Israel J. Bot. 27: 195 1978 publ. 1979

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Portulaca oleracea subs. nicaraguensis Danin & H.G.Baker
Israel J. Bot. 27(3-4): 186. 1979 [1978 publ. 1979]
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Portulaca oleracea subs. nitida Danin & H.G.Baker
Israel J. Bot. 27: 194 1978 publ. 1979
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Portulaca oleracea subs. papillatostellulata Danin & H.G.Baker
Israel J. Bot. 27: 200 1978 publ. 1979
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Portulaca oleracea subs. rausii (Danin) J.Walter
Fl. Slovenska 6(3): 657. 2012 [Jun 2012]
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Portulaca oleracea subs. sativa (Haw.) ?elak.
Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 484 1875
Synonymy: 5 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Portulaca oleracea subs. sicula (Danin, Domina & Raimondo) J.Walter
Fl. Slovenska 6(3): 657. 2012 [Jun 2012]
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Portulaca oleracea subs. stellata Danin & H.G.Baker
Israel J. Bot. 27(3-4): 198. 1979 [1978 publ. 1979]
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Portulaca oleracea subs. sylvestris (Garsault) Thell.
Fl. Advent. Montpellier 222 (1912).
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Portulaca oleracea subs. trituberculata (Danin, Domina & Raimondo) J.Walter
Fl. Slovenska 6(3): 657. 2012 [Jun 2012]
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Portulaca oleracea subs. tuberculata Danin & H.G.Baker
Israel J. Bot. 27(3-4): 194. 1979 [1978 publ. 1979]
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Portulaca oleracea subs. zaffranii (Danin) J.Walter
Fl. Slovenska 6(3): 657. 2012 [Jun 2012]
Synonymy: 2
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Portulaca oleracea group

Portulaca oleracea is a polyploid complex, with diploid, tetraploid and hexaploid forms (2n = 18, 36, 54). Danin et al. (1978) divided the complex into seven subspecies on the basis of seed size and patterning, relating these to different ploidy levels: subsp. oleracea, subsp. impolita Danin & H. G. Baker, subsp. granulatostellulata Danin & H. G. Baker, subsp. nicaraguensis Danin & H. G. Baker, subsp. nitida Danin & H. G. Baker, subsp. papillatostellulata Danin & H. G. Baker, and subsp. stellata Danin & H. G. Baker. The subspecies are not geographically separated, and even within the same flora area it is possible to recognise several of these seed types, which sometimes grow together. P. oleracea (purslane) has been used as a vegetable since ancient times. The cultivated form, subsp. sativa (Haw.) Celak, distinguished by larger seeds over 1 mm long, is probably a selection from subspecies oleracea.


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