Portulaca grandiflora

species of plant

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*Portulaca grandiflora* is a species of annual plant within the family Portulacaceae. It belongs to the genus *Portulaca* and is classified under the order Caryophyllales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. Common names for this taxon include rose moss, Moss-rose Purslane, Portulakröschen, and Koristeportulakka. The species utilizes CAM photosynthesis and is used as a medicinal plant.

Records indicate occurrences in regions such as Beijing, China, Mato Grosso do Sul, and the pampa. The plant has been introduced to locations including Alabama, Albania, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, the Azores, Bangladesh, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina, California, and Cameroon. Additional records exist in Mexico, the United States, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Canada.

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Vinony's link graph records 30 inbound references to Portulaca grandiflora, and connects out to Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.

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Species

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderCaryophyllales
FamilyPortulacaceae

Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay

Observations recorded4,749

Le chevalier-d'onze-heures ou pourpier à grandes fleurs (Portulaca grandiflora) est une plante herbacée de la famille des portulacacées. Elle est indigène en Argentine, au Brésil du sud et en Uruguay. Elle est utilisée comme plante ornementale. Sommaire 1 Description 2 Culture et utilisation 3 Galerie 4 Notes et références 5 Source 6 Liens externes Description Le pourpier à grandes fleurs est une plante annuelle, petite mais à croissance rapide, faisant jusqu'à 30 centimètres de haut, mais généralement moins. Les feuilles, épaisses et charnues, presque cylindriques, font jusqu'à 2,5 centimètres de long et sont disposées alternativement ou en petits groupes. Les fleurs ont un diamètre de 2,5 à 3 centimètres et portent cinq pétales de variante rouge, orangée, rose, blanche ou jaune. Culture et utilisation Elle pousse facilement sous les climats tempérés comme plante ornementale annuelle pour les plates-bandes ou comme plante en pot. Elle exige beaucoup de lumière et un sol bien drainé. De nombreux cultivars ont été sélectionnés pour obtenir des fleurs doubles et pour des variations dans la couleur des fleurs, unies ou panachées. Il existe aussi des hybrides de P. grandiflora avec P.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 602
With media: 411
Family: Portulacaceae
Collections: IEA-UAT, UACH, CIHS-UAC, IBUNAM, MSC, UTEP
Recorded in: Mexico, United States, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Canada

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Subclass of: annual plant
Parent taxon: Portulaca
Image: Portulaca grandiflora4.jpg
Has use: medicinal plant

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taxon rank: species
taxon name: Portulaca grandiflora
Commons category: Portulaca grandiflora
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=29451
Commons gallery: Portulaca grandiflora
taxon common name: 午时花
uses: CAM photosynthesis
taxon range: Guangdong
short name: P. grandiflora
taxon author citation: Hook.

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Encyclopedic overview

Portulaca Grandiflora

Portulaca grandiflora is a succulent flowering plant in the purslane family Portulacaceae, native to southern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay and often cultivated in gardens. It has many common names, including rose moss, eleven o'clock, Mexican rose, moss rose, sun rose, rose Jepun, table rose, rock rose, and moss-rose purslane. Despite these names and the superficial resemblance of some cultivars' flowers to roses, it is not a true rose, nor even a part of the rose family or rosid group; rather, it is much more closely related to carnations and cacti.

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