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Portulaca grandiflora is a succulent flowering plant in the purslane family Portulacaceae, native to southern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay and often cultivated in gardens. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It has many common names , including rose moss , [ 4 ] eleven o'clock , [ 3 ] Mexican rose , [ 3 ] moss rose , [ 3 ] sun rose , [ 5 ] table rose , [ citation ...
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.
The Portulacaceae are a family of flowering plants, comprising 115 species in a single genus Portulaca. [2] Formerly some 20 genera with about 500 species, were placed there, but it is now restricted to encompass only one genus, the other genera being placed elsewhere.
In the 4th century BC, Theophrastus names purslane, andrákhne (ἀνδράχνη), as one of the several summer pot herbs that must be sown in April (Enquiry into Plants 7.1.2). [35] As Portulaca it figures in the long list of comestibles enjoyed by the Milanese given by Bonvesin de la Riva in his "Marvels of Milan" (1288).
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This category includes the endemic and native plants of Portugal. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. According to the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, this category excludes the Azores, Madeira and Savage Islands. These are subcategories of Category:Flora of Macaronesia
Portugal has had 7 national winners, one of whom has also won at the continental level. Some of these trees include the oldest cork oak in the world, the Sobreiro Monumental, [3] the 180 year old Plane Tree of Rossio, [4] the 150 year old Eucalyptus of Contige [5] and the 300 year old Camélia.
Although Rhodocactus grandifolius is a cactus by classification, it takes the form of a shrub or small tree, 2–5 m (7–16 ft) in height, exceptionally 10 m (33 ft).). Young twigs are green or reddish with conspicuous white spots marking the stom