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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.
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.
P. oleracea flower. The plant may reach 40 centimetres (16 inches) in height. It has smooth, reddish, mostly prostrate stems, and the leaves, which may be alternate or opposite, are clustered at stem joints and ends. [4]
Peneda-Gerês National Park is the only nationally designated park in Portugal, owing to the rarity and significance of its environment.. Portugal is located on the Mediterranean Basin, the third most diverse hotspot of flora in the world. [1]
Aquilaria is a genus of trees, called lign aloes or lign-aloes trees, in the family Thymelaeaceae.It includes 21 species native to southeast Asia. They occur particularly in the rainforests of Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, southern China, Malaysia, Northeast India, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Borneo and New Guinea. [1]
Portugala is a monotypic genus of land snails native to the western Iberian Peninsula in Portugal and Galicia (Spain). [ 2 ] It has a single species, Portugala inchoata , which can grow to 15 mm. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]