Portulaca

genus of flowering plants
Taxon taxon Q159554
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Portulaca

Summary

Portulaca is a taxon[1]. Portulaca ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,303 views/month, #1,268 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Portulaca's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Portulaca is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Portulaca belongs to the parent taxon Portulacaceae[5].
  • Portulaca's scientific name is Portulaca[6].
  • Portulaca's Commons category is recorded as Portulaca[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Portulaca is Portulaca oleracea[8].
  • Portulaca's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Portulaca[9].
  • Portulaca's Commons gallery is recorded as Portulaca[10].
  • Portulaca's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 26[11].
  • Portulaca's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • Portulaca's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=9784[13].
  • Portulaca is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'بقلة'}[14].
  • Portulaca is commonly known as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Pərpərən'}[15].
  • Portulaca is commonly known as {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Партулак'}[16].
  • Portulaca is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'šrucha'}[17].
  • Portulaca is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Portulak'}[18].
  • Portulaca is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Portulak'}[19].
  • Portulaca is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Portulako'}[20].
  • Portulaca is commonly known as {'lang': 'fa', 'text': 'خرفه'}[21].
  • Portulaca is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Portulakat'}[22].
  • Portulaca is commonly known as {'lang': 'hsb', 'text': 'Portłak'}[23].
  • Portulaca is commonly known as {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'դանդուռ'}[24].
  • Portulaca is commonly known as {'lang': 'id', 'text': 'Krokot'}[25].
  • Portulaca is commonly known as {'lang': 'jv', 'text': 'Krokot'}[26].
  • Portulaca is commonly known as {'lang': 'ka', 'text': 'დანდური'}[27].

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Classification

Portulaca's scientific name is Portulaca[6]. Portulaca is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Portulaca belongs to the parent taxon Portulacaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Portulaca is Portulaca oleracea[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'بقلة'}[14], {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Pərpərən'}[15], {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Партулак'}[16], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'šrucha'}[17], {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Portulak'}[18], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Portulak'}[19].

Identifiers

Portulaca's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 58992[28]. Portulaca's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3582[29]. Portulaca's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 61542[30]. Portulaca's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3084696[31]. Portulaca's ITIS TSN is recorded as 20418[32].

Why It Matters

Portulaca ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,303 views/month, #1,268 of 195,241).[2] Portulaca has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Portulaca is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Portulacaceae
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Has fruit type capsule
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