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Portulaca quadrifida - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Portulaca quadrifida - Leaf insertion - Click to enlarge!

Leaf insertion; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Portulaca quadrifida - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Portulaca quadrifida - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 547
Date of entry: 28.05.2007
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Chickenweed

Mandarin: 四瓣马齿苋 (si ban ma chi xian)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Caryophyllales (114)

        Family: Portulacaceae (7)(family description)

          Genus: Portulaca (5)

            Epithet: quadrifida L. (1)

quadrifida => with four parts, the division extending at least half way e.g. corolla

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

External links

Check for Portulaca quadrifida at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.

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