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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Portulaca''
| image = P_villosa.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Portulaca villosa'' Cham.
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
| familia = [[Portulacaceae]]
| genus = '''''Portulaca''''' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = about 40-100, see text
}}
'''''Portulaca''''' ('''purslane''') is the [[type genus]] of the purslane family [[Portulacaceae]], comprising about 40-100 species (probably much fewer and potentially far far more) found in the tropics and warm temperate regions. It is also sometimes known as '''Rose Moss'''.
[[Common Purslane]] ''Portulaca oleracea'' is widely considered an edible plant, and in some areas an invasive type of weed. Some ''Portulaca'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Nutmeg (moth)|The Nutmeg]].
;Selected species:
*''[[Portulaca amilis]]'' Paraguayan Purslane
*''[[Portulaca andicola]]''
*''[[Portulaca biloba]]'' Cuban Purslane
*''[[Portulaca boliviensis]]''
*''[[Portulaca caulerpoides]]'' Puerto Rican Purslane
*''[[Portulaca cryptopetala]]''
*''[[Portulaca elatior]]''
*''[[Portulaca elongata]]''
*''[[Portulaca eruca]]''
*''[[Portulaca fluvialis]]''
*''[[Portulaca fragilis]]''
*''[[Portulaca gilliesii]]'', glyphosate resistant (ca. 10 L/ha)
*''[[Portulaca gracilis]]''
*''[[Moss-rose Purslane|Portulaca grandiflora]]'' Moss-rose Purslane
*''[[Portulaca halimoides]]'' Silkcotton Purslane
*''[[Portulaca insularis]]''
*''[[Portulaca lanuginosa]]''
*''[[Portulaca longiusculotuberculata]]''
*''[[Portulaca lutea]]'' Yellow Purslane
*''[[Portulaca molokiniensis]]'' 'Ihi
*''[[Portulaca mucronata]]''
*''[[Portulaca oleracea]]'' Common Purslane or Pigweed
*''[[Portulaca papulosa]]''
*''[[Portulaca pedicellata]]''
*''[[Portulaca perennis]]''
*''[[Portulaca pilosa]]'' - Shaggy Purslane
*''[[Portulaca psammotropha]]''
*''[[Portulaca quadrifida]]'' Chickenweed Purslane
*''[[Portulaca rotundifolia]]''
*''[[Portulaca rubricaulis]]'' Redstem Purslane
*''[[Portulaca sclerocarpa]]'' 'Ihi Makole
*''[[Portulaca smallii]]'' Small's Purslane
*''[[Portulaca suffrutescens]]'' Shrubby Purslane
*''[[Portulaca teretifolia]]'' Roundleaf Purslane
*''[[Portulaca umbraticola]]'' Wingpod Purslane
*''[[Portulaca villosa]]'' - Hairy Purslane or ‘Ihi
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:portulaca_sativa_01.jpg |''Purslane cultivar''
</gallery>
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Portulaca''
| image = P_villosa.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Portulaca villosa'' Cham.
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
| familia = [[Portulacaceae]]
| genus = '''''Portulaca''''' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = about 40-100, see text
}}
'''''Portulaca''''' ('''purslane''') is the [[type genus]] of the purslane family [[Portulacaceae]], comprising about 40-100 species (probably much fewer and potentially far far more) found in the tropics and warm temperate regions. It is also sometimes known as '''Rose Moss'''.
[[Common Purslane]] ''Portulaca oleracea'' is widely considered an edible plant, and in some areas an invasive type of weed. Some ''Portulaca'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Nutmeg (moth)|The Nutmeg]].
;Selected species:
*''[[Portulaca amilis]]'' Paraguayan Purslane
*''[[Portulaca andicola]]''
*''[[Portulaca biloba]]'' Cuban Purslane
*''[[Portulaca boliviensis]]''
*''[[Portulaca caulerpoides]]'' Puerto Rican Purslane
*''[[Portulaca cryptopetala]]''
*''[[Portulaca elatior]]''
*''[[Portulaca elongata]]''
*''[[Portulaca eruca]]''
*''[[Portulaca fluvialis]]''
*''[[Portulaca fragilis]]''
*''[[Portulaca gilliesii]]'', glyphosate resistant (ca. 10 L/ha)
*''[[Portulaca gracilis]]''
*''[[Moss-rose Purslane|Portulaca grandiflora]]'' Moss-rose Purslane
*''[[Portulaca halimoides]]'' Silkcotton Purslane
*''[[Portulaca insularis]]''
*''[[Portulaca lanuginosa]]''
*''[[Portulaca longiusculotuberculata]]''
*''[[Portulaca lutea]]'' Yellow Purslane
*''[[Portulaca molokiniensis]]'' 'Ihi
*''[[Portulaca mucronata]]''
*''[[Portulaca oleracea]]'' Common Purslane or Pigweed
*''[[Portulaca papulosa]]''
*''[[Portulaca pedicellata]]''
*''[[Portulaca perennis]]''
*''[[Portulaca pilosa]]'' - Shaggy Purslane
*''[[Portulaca psammotropha]]''
*''[[Portulaca quadrifida]]'' Chickenweed Purslane
*''[[Portulaca rotundifolia]]''
*''[[Portulaca rubricaulis]]'' Redstem Purslane
*''[[Portulaca sclerocarpa]]'' 'Ihi Makole
*''[[Portulaca smallii]]'' Small's Purslane
*''[[Portulaca suffrutescens]]'' Shrubby Purslane
*''[[Portulaca teretifolia]]'' Roundleaf Purslane
*''[[Portulaca umbraticola]]'' Wingpod Purslane
*''[[Portulaca villosa]]'' - Hairy Purslane or ‘Ihi
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:portulaca_sativa_01.jpg |''Purslane cultivar''
</gallery>
