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Suborder of plants

Portulacineae
Basella albaBasellaceaeMammillaria spinosissimaCactaceae
Alluaudia montagnaciiDidiereaceaePortulaca grandifloraPortulacaceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Suborder: Portulacineae
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Families

Portulacineae is a suborder of flowering plants in the order Caryophyllales comprising the families Anacampserotaceae, Basellaceae, Cactaceae (cacti), Didiereaceae, Halophytaceae, Montiaceae, Portulacaceae, and Talinaceae. All three major kinds of succulent plant — stem succulents, leaf succulents, and caudiciform plants — are represented within this suborder. Today, there were only four families including: Basellaceae, Cactaceae, Didiereaceae, and Portulacaceae.

References

  • Nyffeler, Reto; Eggli, Urs; Ogburn, Matt; Edwards, Erika (2008). "Variations on a theme: Repeated evolution of succulent life forms in the Portulacineae (Caryophyllales)". Haseltonia. 14: 26–36. doi:10.2985/1070-0048-14.1.26. S2CID 85776997.
  • Nyffeler, Reto; Eggli, Urs (2010). "Disintegrating Portulacaceae: A new familial classification of the suborder Portulacineae (Caryophyllales) based on molecular and morphological data". Taxon. Vol. 59, no. 1. pp. 227–240. JSTOR 27757065.
Taxon identifiers
Portulacineae


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