Herbaria

Family

Portulacaceae

subfamily

Genus

Portulaca L.

Species

Portulaca oleracea L. Subsp. stellata

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

Danin &H.G.Baker

citation

Israel, Jour. Bot.27:198 (1978)

herbariaSynonyms

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Nv)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (14)

Habitat

Moist places, banks of Nile Delta and Nile Valley and in gardens.

FlFrperiod

April - June

LifeForm

Therophyte

LifeSpan

Annual

herbariaArabicName

Reglla - رجلة

EnglishName

herbariaUses

Edible as fresh and cooked vegetable, juice is laxative, leaves cure carbuncles.

GlobalDistribution

N & S America and S Europe

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

Täckholm,V. 1974

Boulos,L. 1999

,Boulos,L. 2009

Hosny,A.I.1988

Hosny,A.I. 2000

herbariaFullCitation

Täckholm,V.,St.Fl.Egypt.ed.2(1974),

Boulos,L.,Fl.Egypt, vol.1 (1999)

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Hosny,A.I.,Portulacaceae, in Taeckholmia add.ser. 3: 11-20 (1988);

Hosny,A.I., Portulacaceae,In M.N.El Hadidi (edit.) Fl.Aegypt. 1,2:101-102 (2000).