Portulaca
Appearance
See also: portulaca
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin portulāca (“purslain”), from portula (“little door”), from porta (“door”) + -ula (“diminutive suffix”), apparently because of the door-like opening of the seed capsule.
Proper noun
[edit]Portulaca f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Portulacaceae – the portulacas or purslanes.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order; Portulacaceae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Portulaca oleracea - type species; Portulaca bicolor, Portulaca conoidea, Portulaca grandiflora - selected species
References
[edit]- Portulaca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Portulaca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Portulaca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Portulaca at The Plant List