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Purslane has an extensive distribution, assumed to be mostly anthropogenic (or hemerochoric), [13] extending from North Africa and Southern Europe through the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to Malesia and Australasia. The species status in the Americas is uncertain.
The family has been recognised by most taxonomists, and is also known as the purslane family. It has a cosmopolitan distribution , with the highest diversity in semiarid regions of the Southern Hemisphere in Africa , Australia , and South America , but with a few species also extending north into Arctic regions.
Lythrum portula is a species of flowering plant in the loosestrife family known by the common names water-purslane [1] and spatulaleaf loosestrife. [2] It is native to Europe, and it is found in parts of western North America as an introduced species .
Portulaca pilosa is a pantropical species [4] which according to some sources is native to the Americas, [5] [6] [3] and according to others to Asia [7] or even to both. [8] In the Americas P. pilosa can be found in Mexico, West indies, Central America, and as far south in South America as Brazil; and in the United States, they are typically concentrated in the southern parts such as Arkansas ...
Portulaca (/ ˌ p ɔːr tj uː ˈ l eɪ k ə / [3]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Portulacaceae, and is the type genus of the family. With over 100 species, it is found in the tropics and warm temperate regions.
Purslane is a common name for several mostly unrelated plants with edible leaves and may refer to: Portulacaceae, a family of succulent flowering plants, and especially: Portulaca oleracea, a species of Portulaca eaten as a leaf vegetable, known as summer purslane; Portulaca grandiflora, moss rose, or moss-rose purslane
Water-purslane or water purslane is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Ludwigia palustris , native range includes North America Lythrum portula , native to Europe and known as "water-purslane" in the British Isles
Portulaca halimoides is a species of purslane known by the common name silkcotton purslane. It is native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, as well as parts of Central and South America. It is a fleshy annual herb producing a branching stem spreading to a maximum length around 25 centimeters.