Biology:Portulaca nicaraguensis
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Portulaca nicaraguensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Portulacaceae |
| Genus: | Portulaca |
| Species: | P. nicaraguensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Portulaca nicaraguensis (Danin & H.G.Baker) Danin
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Portulaca nicaraguensis (Danin & H.G.Baker) Danin". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77094196-1.
- ↑ "Portulaca nicaraguensis". A.S. Weakley & SE Flora Team. https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/main.php?pg=show-taxon-detail.php&lsid=urn:lsid:ncbg.unc.edu:taxon:%7B382C59C3-413C-48AE-A8BB-33F5A3F9A4C1%7D.
- ↑ 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12309.
- ↑ "Key to Portulaca". A.S. Weakley & SE Flora Team. https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/main.php?pg=show-key.php&taxonid=65571.
Wikidata ☰ Q17249031 entry
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