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Portulacaria

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Also known as Planta de la abundancia

Portulacaria is a genus of succulent plant, classified in its own subfamily Portulacarioideae in the family Didiereaceae. It is indigenous to southern Africa.

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Vinony's link graph records 15 inbound references to Portulacaria, and connects out to plant, Wikidata and Angiosperms.

Vinony files it under Caryophyllales genera, Flora of Southern Africa and Portulacaria.

Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderCaryophyllales
  5. FamilyDidiereaceae
Observations recorded5,036

Common Name: large leafed spekboom

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1
With media
1
Family
Didiereaceae
Collections
MEL
Recorded in
South Africa

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Didiereaceae
Image
Jade leaves.jpg
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Commons category
Portulacaria
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Portulacaria
topic's main category
Category:Portulacaria
taxonomic type
Portulacaria afra
taxon common name
树马齿苋属
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Encyclopedic overview

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Portulacaria is a genus of succulent plant, classified in its own subfamily Portulacarioideae in the family Didiereaceae. It is indigenous to southern Africa.

==Taxonomy== The genus was previously placed in the family Portulacaceae, but according to molecular studies is part of Didiereaceae.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Portulacaria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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