Portulacaceae
Portulaca

Portulaca mucronata Link

First published in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 2 (1822)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Venezuela to Bolivia and Brazil. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Kew Bulletin

  • Kuntze, O. (1898). Revisio Generum Plantarum. Portulacaceae. 3: 14 – 16. A. Felix, Leipzig.
  • Legrand, C. D. (1962). Las Especies Americanas de Portulaca. Anales Mus. Hist. Montevideo 7: 9 – 147.
  • Link, H. F. (1822). Enumeration Plantarum Horti Regii Berolinensis. Altera II, Paris, Berolini.
  • Mattos, J. R. de (1984). Novidades taxonomicas em plantas do Brasil. Loefgrenia 85: 1 – 2.
  • Velloso, J. M. (1827). Florae Fluminensis Ícones: Portulaca, pp. 10 – 13. Off. Lithogr. Senefelder, t., Paris

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 6, 2005 Irwin, H.S.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R.; da Fonseca, S.F. [23423] Brazil K000424619 Type Yes

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