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Portulacaceae
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Portulacaceae - family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americasfamily Portulacaceae, purslane familycaryophylloid dicot family - family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersCaryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales - corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermaegenus Portulaca - genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbsCalandrinia, genus Calandrinia - large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowersClaytonia, genus Claytonia - genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemesgenus Lewisia, Lewisia - genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowersgenus Montia, Montia - small genus of densely tufted annual herbs; north temperate regions and South America and tropical Africa and Asiagenus Spraguea, Spraguea - small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymesgenus Talinum, Talinum - genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs |
Portulacaceae
Portulacaceae[‚pȯr·chə·lə′kās·ē‚ē] (botany) A family of dicotyledonous plants in the order Caryophyllales distinguished by a syncarpous gynoecium, few, cyclic tepals and stamens, two sepals, and two to many ovules. Portulacaceae a family of dicotyledonous plants including herbs and less often dwarf shrubs and subshrubs. The leaves are generally fleshy, with scalelike stipules or stipules in the form of an axillary fascicle of trichomes. The perianth consists of petaloid sepals, to which bracts are attached. The gynoceum has two to eight carpels, and the ovary is superior or, less frequently, partly inferior. The fruit is a capsule. There are approximately 20 genera embracing 500 species. The plants are found in both hemispheres, primarily in the warm and temperate zones. They are particularly widespread in the Americas—on the Pacific coast and in the Andes. The USSR has three or four genera, with ten or 12 species, distributed primarily in the arctic, Eastern Siberia, and the Far East. They are occasionally encountered in Middle Asia, the Caucasus, and the European USSR. Some Portulacaceae are raised as vegetables (Portulaca oleracea, species of the genus Talinum). Some species are ornamentals, primarily species of the genera Calandrinia and Portulaca. Portulacaceae
Related to Portulacaceae: purslane family, CaryophyllalesSynonyms for Portulacaceaenoun family of usually succulent herbsSynonyms- family Portulacaceae
- purslane family
Related Words- caryophylloid dicot family
- Caryophyllales
- Chenopodiales
- order Caryophyllales
- order-Chenopodiales
- genus Portulaca
- Calandrinia
- genus Calandrinia
- Claytonia
- genus Claytonia
- genus Lewisia
- Lewisia
- genus Montia
- Montia
- genus Spraguea
- Spraguea
- genus Talinum
- Talinum
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