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Filed as Portulaca kermesina N.E.Br. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Filed as Portulaca kermesina N.E.Br. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Collector Leistner, O.A., #1827
Collection Date 1960-04-15
Resource Type Specimens
Country South Africa
Herbarium PRE
Identifications Portulaca kermesina N.E.Br. [family PORTULACACEAE] (stored under name)
Type of Portulaca kermesina N.E. Br. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Type of Portulaca kermesina N.E. Br. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Collector Lugard, E.J., #88
Collection Date 05-01-1898
Resource Type Specimens
Country Botswana
Herbarium K
Identifications Type of Portulaca kermesina N.E. Br. [family PORTULACACEAE] (stored under name)
Portulaca coralloides S.M.Phillips [family PORTULACACEAE]

Portulaca coralloides S.M.Phillips [family PORTULACACEAE]

Collector Greenway; Rawlins., #9423
Collection Date 25-10-1957
Resource Type Specimens
Country Kenya
Herbarium K
Identifications Portulaca coralloides S.M.Phillips [family PORTULACACEAE] (stored under name)
Portulaca quadrifida L. [family PORTULACACEAE];
Portulaca kermesina N.E.Br. [family PORTULACACEAE];
Paratype of Portulaca tenera Peter [family PORTULACACEAE]

Paratype of Portulaca tenera Peter [family PORTULACACEAE]

Collector Not on sheet, #15064
Collection Date 21-12-1915
Resource Type Specimens
Country Tanzania
Herbarium B
Identifications Paratype of Portulaca tenera Peter [family PORTULACACEAE]
Portulaca kermesina N.E.Br. [family PORTULACACEAE] (stored under name)
Paratype of Portulaca tenera Peter [family PORTULACACEAE]

Paratype of Portulaca tenera Peter [family PORTULACACEAE]

Collector Not on sheet, #15064
Collection Date 21-12-1915
Resource Type Specimens
Country Tanzania
Herbarium B
Identifications Paratype of Portulaca tenera Peter [family PORTULACACEAE]
Portulaca kermesina N.E.Br. [family PORTULACACEAE] (stored under name)
PORTULACA kermesina var. kermesina [family PORTULACACEAE]

PORTULACA kermesina var. kermesina [family PORTULACACEAE]

Entry From Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2002) Author: SYLVIA M. PHILLIPS
Contributor Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Resource Type Reference Sources
Range DISTR. U 1, 2; K 1, 2, 4, 7; T 1–3, 7, 8 Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and southwards to South Africa
Information Nodal axillary hairs conspicuous; petals red, orange-red or rose-pink, 3–8 mm long.
Isotype of Portulaca tenera Peter [family PORTULACACEAE]

Isotype of Portulaca tenera Peter [family PORTULACACEAE]

Collector Not on sheet, #13375
Collection Date 26-08-1915
Resource Type Specimens
Country Tanzania
Herbarium B
Identifications Isotype of Portulaca tenera Peter [family PORTULACACEAE]
Portulaca kermesina N.E.Br. [family PORTULACACEAE] (stored under name)
PORTULACA kermesina (Poelln.) S.M. Phillips var. lutea [family PORTULACACEAE]

PORTULACA kermesina (Poelln.) S.M. Phillips var. lutea [family PORTULACACEAE]

Entry From Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2002) Author: SYLVIA M. PHILLIPS
Contributor Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Resource Type Reference Sources
Range DISTR. U 2; K 7; T 3/6, 5, 7, 8
Information Nodal axillary hairs rather sparse and inconspicuous; petals yellow, 2.5–4.3 mm long.
Holotype of Portulaca tenera Peter [family PORTULACACEAE]

Holotype of Portulaca tenera Peter [family PORTULACACEAE]

Collector Not on sheet, #13375
Collection Date 26-08-1915
Resource Type Specimens
Country Tanzania
Herbarium B
Identifications Holotype of Portulaca tenera Peter [family PORTULACACEAE]
Portulaca kermesina N.E.Br. [family PORTULACACEAE] (stored under name)
Portulaca kermesina N.E.Br. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Portulaca kermesina N.E.Br. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Entry From FZ, Vol 1, Part 2, page 362, (1961) Author: H. Wild
Contributor Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Resource Type Reference Sources
Information Erect herb very similar to P. foliosa but stems always erect or suberect, the stipular hairs usually more persistent, more numerous and up to 7 mm. long. Petals bright carmine in colour and the stamen number varying from 10–25.
PORTULACA kermesina N.E. Br. [family PORTULACACEAE]

PORTULACA kermesina N.E. Br. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Entry From Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Contributor Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Resource Type Reference Sources
Range S1–3 Sudan, S Ethiopia, ?Uganda, Kenya south to Botswana and Transvaal.
Information Erect or ascending annual, 8–15(–25) cm high, branching mainly near base, dried stem to 3(–4) mm thick. Leaves alternate, 4–12 x 0.6–1.4 mm, subterete, tip acute; axils usually with prominent tuft of pale brown to whitish hairs up to 5–6(–10) mm long, sometimes plus 2 or more darker narrow scales with strongly falcate bases (outside Flora area). Involucre of up to 6 leaf-like bracts 9–20 mm long plus a dense mass of brownish hairs. Flowers often more than 5 together. Sepals 3–5 mm long, fleshy, subacute. Petals 5, bright red or, less often, orange-red (? or pinkish-/purplish-red), up to 8 x 4 mm, shorter than involucre, tip obtuse to subacute. Stamens 10–15(–25). Stigma 3–4-lobed. Capsule base c. 0.5 mm deep, 2.5–3.5 mm diam.; lid cylindrical-hemispherical with prominent style base, c. 2.5 mm high, glossy straw yellow, fragile. Seeds 0.6–0.65 mm long, dark grey, usually brightly iridescent; testa cells domed to conical with stellate-sinuate margins.
PORTULACA sp. [family PORTULACACEAE]

PORTULACA sp. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Entry From Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Contributor Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Resource Type Reference Sources
Range S2 not known elsewhere.
Information Most similar to the more widespread P. kermesina. Perhaps sometimes a short-lived perennial. Leaves sometimes rather close spaced, 7–15 x 0.7–1 mm; axillary wool white, sometimes very copious and almost concealing stem, scales absent. Involucral leaves up to 22 mm long but often less. Sepals 5.5–7 mm long, acute. Petals yellow. Stamens more than 20. Capsule lid truncated-conical, 3.5 mm high. Seeds ± compressed, 0.45–0.5 mm long, dark brown, not iridescent, testa cells with conspicuously undulate margins, ± flat.
PORTULACA heterophylla Peter [family PORTULACACEAE]

PORTULACA heterophylla Peter [family PORTULACACEAE]

Entry From Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2002) Author: SYLVIA M. PHILLIPS
Contributor Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Resource Type Reference Sources
Range DISTR. T 3, 6 not known elsewhere
Information Succulent annual; stems ascending to decumbent from a central root, up to 20 cm long, much branched. Leaves alternate, variable, linear-terete to lanceolate and flat, 6–12 mm long, 1–3 mm wide, acute, crowded on short internodes; axillary hairs in shaggy tufts, exceeding the internodes on the young growth, the older stems glabrescent. Flowers in terminal clusters of 3–4, encircled by ± 8 involucral leaves enclosing dense woolly hairs; involucral leaves resembling the stem leaves. Sepals 4–5 mm long, keeled and narrowly crested above the middle; petals 5, yellow, obovate-oblong, 5–7 mm long, rounded, acute; stamens 15–30; stigma 4–5-branched. Capsule 3.6–4 mm high, dehiscing in the middle, the lid broadly conical, slightly wider than high; seeds 0.5–0.6 mm long, iridescent grey, testa cells stellate, domed to conical-tuberculate,
PORTULACA coralloides S.M. Phillips [family PORTULACACEAE]

PORTULACA coralloides S.M. Phillips [family PORTULACACEAE]

Entry From Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2002) Author: SYLVIA M. PHILLIPS
Contributor Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Resource Type Reference Sources
Range DISTR. K 7 not known elsewhere
Information Succulent ephemeral; stems ascending, branching slightly above the base, up to 10 cm high, pale pinkish-brown. Leaves alternate, crowded on short internodes, very fleshy, elliptic to narrowly oblong, 2.5–5 mm long, 1.5–1.8 mm wide, obtuse; axillary hairs many, woolly, longer than the internodes. Flowers in terminal clusters of 2–3 or more, surrounded by ± 6 involucral leaves and dense hairs 3–4 mm long, involucral leaves resembling the stem leaves. Sepals broadly ovate, 2.7–3 mm long, rounded on the back, obtuse, the inner lightly keeled and crested at the tip; petals 5, pink or carmine, 3.5–4 mm long, ± free, obovate-oblong, concave, rounded; stamens 17–19; stigma 4-branched. Capsule 2.4 mm high, dehiscing near the middle, lid dome-shaped, as wide as high; seeds reniform, 0.45 mm long, brown, finally with a silvery-grey iridescent sheen, testa cells jigsaw-shaped, almost flat.
PORTULACA kermesina N.E. Br. [family PORTULACACEAE]

PORTULACA kermesina N.E. Br. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Entry From Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2002) Author: SYLVIA M. PHILLIPS
Contributor Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Resource Type Reference Sources
Information Erect to ascending, slender succulent annual or short-lived perennial, branching above the base; stems up to 15(–28) cm high, rather stiffly ascending. Leaves alternate, spaced, linear-terete, 9–25 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, sharply acute; axillary hairs in long shaggy tufts, sometimes indistinct, each axil also with 2 longer, brownish, hair-like scales with falcately-curving bases (these sometimes indistinct). Flowers in terminal clusters of 3–6 or more, encircled by ± 8 involucral leaves enclosing dense woolly hairs, opening in the morning; involucral leaves longer than the cauline leaves, very variable in length, up to 30 mm long, slightly to much exceeding the flower cluster, spreading, finally slightly downturned. Sepals 3–4.5 mm long, rounded on the back, keeled towards the acute apex with a slight crest; petals 5, usually bright red, occasionally orange-red, rose-pink or rarely yellow, 2.5–8 mm long, obovate-oblong, obtuse to acute; stamens (5–)8–13(–19); stigma (3–)4–5-branched. Capsule 5 mm long, 2.5 mm in in diameter, dehiscing below the middle, lid a conical or rounded dome about as wide as high; seeds 0.5–0.75 mm long, metallic grey or occasionally silvery, the testa cells jigsaw-shaped to stellate, convex to conical.
PORTULACA conoidea S.M. Phillips [family PORTULACACEAE]

PORTULACA conoidea S.M. Phillips [family PORTULACACEAE]

Entry From Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2002) Author: SYLVIA M. PHILLIPS
Contributor Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Resource Type Reference Sources
Range DISTR. K 1 only known from the type
Information Succulent herb, base unknown; stems slender, erect, 15–20 cm high, branching above the base, younger stems minutely but densely papillose. Leaves alternate, fleshy, linear, 15–20 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, acute-apiculate; axillary hairs in shaggy tufts, a few falcate-based hair-like scales also present. Flowers terminal, solitary or paired, encircled by 8 involucral leaves and short hairs enclosing only the capsule base; involucral leaves resembling the foliar but 25–30 mm long, widely spreading. Sepals narrowly ovate, thinly membranous and slightly shining, narrowed to aprominent beak ± 1.5 mm long, outer sepal 8 mm long, the inner slightly smaller; petals 5, rose-pink, elliptic, 6 mm long, sharply acute; stamens 10. Capsule elongate, dehiscing near the base, base 1.5 mm long, almost flat across the top, lid narrowly conical, 6 mm high, about twice as high as wide, thinly crustaceous; stigma 3-branched; seeds 1 mm long, dull grey, the testa cells shallowly domed, their walls only slightly sinuous, not jigsaw-shaped or stellate.
PORTULACA massaica S.M. Phillips [family PORTULACACEAE]

PORTULACA massaica S.M. Phillips [family PORTULACACEAE]

Entry From Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2002) Author: SYLVIA M. PHILLIPS
Contributor Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Resource Type Reference Sources
Range DISTR. K 1–4, 6, 7; T 2 not known elsewhere
Information Sprawling succulent perennial with wide-spreading roots; stem woody and 3–5 mm thick at the base, decumbent, much branched, the branches ascending to 15 cm high, 1.5–2 mm thick. Leaves alternate, subulate or sometimes flat, fleshy, grooved along the upper surface, 8–16 mm long, 1.5–2 mm wide, acute-apiculate; axillary hairs conspicuous in shaggy tufts exceeding the internodes on the young shoots, the hairs broadened at the base and some joined into a pair of crescent-shaped white scales. Flowers in terminal clusters of 2–3, encircled by ± 8 involucral leaves enclosing a copious mass of woolly hairs, opening in late morning. Sepals reddish, 4.3–5.8 mm long, the outer with a small crest; petals 5, yellow or rarely white, obovate-oblong, 5–8 mm long, rounded, apiculate; stamens (10–)16–22(–30); stigma 4–5(–6)-branched. Capsule dehiscing below the middle, base 1.5–2 mm high, shallowly infundibuliform, lid a broad rounded dome 2.5–3 mm high; seeds (0.75–)0.8–0.9 mm long, light grey with a dull lustre, the testa cells flat, small, jigsaw-shaped, usually with a black central peg. Fig. 3 (p. 22).

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