Portulaca

Keys available at Flora of Pakistan, Flora of China, An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India and Flora of peninsular India

(Albania, Austria, Belgium, Baleares, England, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Serbia & Kosovo, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, Portugal, Andorra, Gibraltar, Malta, Poland, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Algeria, Morocco, Azores (Santa Maria Isl., Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores Isl., Corvo Isl.), Madeira (Madeira Isl., Porto Santo Isl.), Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma Isl.), Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Santa Luzia Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Sal Isl., Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl., Ilha Brava), S-Saharan Mts., Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Annobon Isl., Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Sao Tome, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, ?Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Central African Republic, D.R.Congo (Zaire), Uganda, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo (Brazzaville), Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.), Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, St. Helena, Chagos Arch. (Diego Garcia), Mauritius, La Runion, Rodrigues, Seychelles (Aldabra), Socotra, Comores (Mayotte, etc.), Turkey (NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SSW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia), Cyprus (C-Mountains, N-Cyprus), Greece (incl. Kiklades), Crete, East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos, Egypt (Desert Oases, Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt), European Turkey, Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran), Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia), Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, Negev Desert, N-Israel), Jordania (S-Jordania, W-Jordania), Kuwait, Lebanon (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Oman (Mascat & Oman), Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir), Sinai peninsula (N-Sinai, S-Sinai), Syria (coastal W-Syria, C-Syrian Desert, Jazira, W-Syrian Mountains), Yemen (Aden Desert, N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen), United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Afghanistan (Balkh, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman), Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab, Hazara), Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit, Hunza), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir, etc.), Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, C- & E-European Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Crimea, Northern Caucasus, Armenia, Georgia [Caucasus], Azerbaijan, Russian Far East, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), Ryukyu Isl., Mongolia, Taiwan, China (widespread), North Korea, South Korea, peninsular Malaysia (widespread), Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Philippines, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma], Malesia (widespread), Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Isl., New Guinea, Solomons, Thailand, Andamans (North Andamans, Middle Andamans, South Andamans, Little Andaman Isl.), Nicobars (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobars, Central Nicobars, Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.), Lakshadweep Isl. (Laccadives), Maldives, Australia (Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Ashmoore Reef, Christmas Isl. (Austr.), Cocos (Keeling) Isl., North Keeling Isl.), American Samoa (Manua Isl., Tutuila, Olosega, Ta’u), Cook Isl. (Rarotonga), Marquesas Isl., Niue, N-Line Isl. (Palmyra Atoll, Washington Isl., Fanning Isl., Christmas Isl. – Kiritimati), Phoenix Isl. (Canton, Enderbury, Sydney, Hull, Gardner), Society Isl. (Tahiti, Moorea, Raiatea, Maupiti, Tupai), Tokelau (Swains Isl.), Tonga (Late Isl., Tongatapu, ‘Eua, Vava’u), Tuamotu Arch. (Makatea Isl.), Western Samoa (Aleipata Islands, Savaii), New Zealand, New Caledonia, Fiji, Lord Howe Isl., Norfolk Isl., Bonin Isl. (Keetaajima, Chichijima, Hahajima, Imohtojima), Volcano Isl. (Kita-Iwojima, Iwojima), Austral Isl. (Rurutu, Raivavae, Tubuai), Hawaii (Midway Isl., Pearl and Hermes Reef, Lanai, French Frigate Shoals, Nihoa, Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.), Gilbert Isl. (Butaritari, Tarawa, Marakei, Nonouti, Onotoa), Marcus Isl., Marshall Isl. (Eniwetok, Bikini, Rongelap, Taka, Ujae, Kwajalein, Majuro, Arno, Jaluit), Micronesia (Yap, Ulithi, Ifaluk, Namonuito, Kapingamarangi, Pohnpei, Mokil), Northern Marianas (Agrihan, Pagan, Alamagan, Sarigan, Anatahan), Palau Isl. (Angaur, Tobi), Southern Marianas (Saipan, Tinian, Aguijan, Rota, Guam), Wake Isl., Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan), USA (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming), Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman), Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Chile (Tarapaca, Atacama, Valparaiso, O’Higgins, Maule, Araucania, Los Lagos, Desventuradas Isl., Juan Fdz. Isl., Reg. Metropolitana), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Pres. Hayes), Uruguay (Cerro Largo, Montevideo, Soriano), Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia), N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Para, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondonia), NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Belize, Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potos, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Galapagos Isl., Ecuador, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Isl., Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Anegada, Jost van Dyke, Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Isla Margarita, Tobago, Trinidad, Revillagigedos Isl. (Isla Socorro), Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas), Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolvar, Caquet, Casanare, Choc, Crdoba, Cundinamarca, Guaina, Guaviare, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nario, Putumayo, San Andrs, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Tolima, Valle), Clipperton Isl., Ascension Isl. as per Catalogue of life)

(Native to: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela; Introduced into: China Southeast, South China Sea as per POWO)

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BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume 3- 1993) (Distribution):
Portulaca grandiflora Hook. (India: Cultivated widely as an ornamental and occasionally occurs as an escape; Native of tropical America)
Portulaca oleracea L.  var. linearifolia Sivarajan & Manilal (India: Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Orissa, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu)
  var. oleracea (India: A weed in waste places, seashores and waysides, throughout; Pantropical)
Portulaca pilosa L. (India: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala; Native of tropical America, now pantropical)
Portulaca quadrifida L. (India: Ruderal, also in moist grasslands. Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala; Pantropical (except Australia and Pacific, east of Samoa))
Portulaca tuberosa Roxb. (India: On rocky laterite soils and sandy coasts. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep Islands; Pantropical)
Portulaca wightiana Wallich ex Wight & Arn. (India: Common along sandy coasts. Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka)

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FRLHT Indian Medicinal Plants Nomenclature Database with images/ herbarium, distribution, local names etc. :

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Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 5.3.14: 

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