Portulacaria afra (L.) Jacq.

Portulacaria afra (L.) Jacq.

PORTULACACEAE

- Purslane family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Portulacaria afra (L.) Jacq.

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Common names

U.S. name: Elephant bush

English name: elephant-bush

French name: pourpier en arbre

Italian name: Portulacaria africana

German name: Speckbaum

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Portulacaceae
Genus: Portulacaria
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Page counter: 2173 ( AVG: 221.86 / 290.709 )

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Portulacaria afra
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Barcellona, Jardins de Mossen Costa i Llobera, Catalogna, Spagna, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Cyprus, Anarita, Eleouthkia Park, Paphos district, Republic of Cyprus, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Stem and leaves at 4211 Commodore Ave Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Portulacaria afra
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Pisa, Orto Botanico di Pisa, Dipartimento di Biologia dell'Università di Pisa, PI, Toscana, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Portulacaria afra
Leaves at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Portulacaria afra
Habit at Pukalani, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Portulacaria afra
Leaves and stems at Pukalani, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Portulacaria afra
Voucher 080607 16 at 4211 Commodore Ave Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Portulacaria afra
Habit at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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- The New Plantfinder - Images and local names of vascular plants - Project Dryades / KeyToNature, coordinated by the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
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More species:
1) Posidonia oceania (L.) Delile [140]
2) Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile [1828]
3) Potamogeton alpinus Balbis [788]
4) Potamogeton alpinus Balbis var. subellipticus (Fernald) Ogden [154]
5) Potamogeton americanus Cham. & Schltdl. [143]
6) Potamogeton angustifolius Bercht. & C. Presl [149]
7) Potamogeton berchtoldii Fieber var. lacunatus (Hagstr.) Fernald [150]
8) Potamogeton capillaceus Poir. p.p. [137]
9) Potamogeton dimorphus Raf. [127]
10) Potamogeton filiformis Pers. var. alpinus (Blytt) Asch. & Graebn. [151]

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