A purslane cultivar from Cyprus, previously referred to as Portulaca sativa, is recognised as a separate microspecies and described as a species new to science, which is so far also known from Turkey, Lebanon and Sudan. It differs from P. sativa by its seed surface ornamentation and from the wild P. rausii by its larger seed size.
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1 June 2012
A new cultivar microspecies of the Portulaca oleracea aggregate from the E Mediterranean
Avinoam Danin,
Simonetta Bagella
Willdenowia
Vol. 42 • No. 1
Jun 2012
Vol. 42 • No. 1
Jun 2012
Cyprus
micromorphology
Portulaca rausii
Portulaca sativa
purslane
seed surface
taxonomy