Portulaca oleracea ssp sativa
(Purslane)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Subspecies	Portulaca oleracea ssp sativa (Purslane)
Species	Portulaca oleracea (Common Purslane)
Family	PORTULACACEAE (purslanes)
Order	CARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Portulaca oleracea ssp sativa is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Portulacaceae)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Mundell, A.	2010	Alien Plants near Thruxton, North Hampshire (v.c.12)	BSBI News No. 113: 58-59, Plate 3.

Portulaca oleracea ssp sativa (Purslane) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Portulaca oleracea ssp sativa (Purslane)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Portulaca oleracea ssp sativa is also a member of:

Identification Works

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