Family · Other eudicots
Portulacaceae
Purslanes
Now restricted to the succulent genus Portulaca; fleshy herbs with showy flowers, including purslane.
- Accepted species
- 154accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genus
- 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈12 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Portulaca (purslane, moss rose)
Where it grows
- Southern America63
- Africa50
- Northern America20
- Asia-Temperate15
- Asia-Tropical13
- Australasia12
- Europe8
- Pacific7
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Portulacaceae sits in the order Caryophyllales.
- CaryophyllaceaeCarnations, pinks, chickweed3,403
- AmaranthaceaeAmaranth, beet, spinach, quinoa2,420
- CactaceaeCacti2,033
- AizoaceaeIce plants, living stones1,815
- PolygonaceaeBuckwheat, rhubarb, knotweed1,638
- PlumbaginaceaeSea lavender, leadwort1,141
- NyctaginaceaeBougainvillea, four o'clocks465
- DroseraceaeSundews, Venus flytrap277
- MontiaceaeMiner's lettuce271
- NepenthaceaeTropical pitcher plants218
- TamaricaceaeTamarisks113
- MolluginaceaeCarpetweeds99
- FrankeniaceaeSea heaths86
- Anacampserotaceae61
- PhytolaccaceaePokeweeds34
- TalinaceaeFameflowers29
- Limeaceae25
- Petiveriaceae22
- Ancistrocladaceae20
- DidiereaceaeMadagascar ocotillo20
- BasellaceaeMalabar spinach19
- Microteaceae10
- Achatocarpaceae10
- Macarthuriaceae9