Portulaca oleracea
Island distribution (first record)
Othonoi
Ereikoussa
Mathraki
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherCorfu (Pieri 1824 as P. oleracea)
Paxos
Antipaxos
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherLefkada (Hofmann 1968 as P. oleracea)
Meganisi (Chilton 2002 as P. oleracea)
Kalamos (Baliousis & Yannitsaros 2010 as P. oleracea)
Kastos
Atokos
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherIthaka (Karavias Grivas 1849 as Ανδράκλα / Portulaca)
Echinades
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherCephalonia (Dallaporta 1821 as P. oleracea)
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherZakynthos (Margot & Reuter 1840 as P. oleracea)
Strofades
Annotation: Portulaca oleracea, as traditionally defined, represents an aggregate species consisting of predominantly autogamous strains at different ploidy levels (tetraploids and hexaploids apart from the diploid P. nicaraguënsis). Morphological differentiation is mainly restricted to seed-coat structures (testa cell ornamentation, visible at high magnification) combined with seed-size. In recent years a series of taxa have been defined by these means, variously assessed as subspecies or species, of which we were able to identify several morphotypes from the Ionian Islands (P. africana, P. oleracea, P. nitida, P. rausii, P. trituberculata following the taxonomic concept of Danin & al. 2008, Danin & Raus 2012; determination partly only approximate). Taxonomic evaluation of this diversity is still controversial however, and recent investigations have shown that transitional forms exist, and seed-size is not positively associated with ploidy level (Walter & al. 2015). The present microspecies concept needs further evaluation. [2016-03-31]
Taxonomic references ("taxonyms")
linked to standard floras (PFB, FE, FE2, FH) and annotated checklists (AFE, VPG) giving direct reference to occurrences of plant taxa on the Ionian Islands:
PFB: | Portulaca oleracea subsp. silvestris (p. p.) |
FE: | Portulaca oleracea |
FE2: | Portulaca oleracea |
AFE: | Portulaca oleracea |
FH: | Portulaca oleracea |
VPG: | Portulaca oleracea agg. |