English: Purslane family.
Botany: 20 genera; 500 species; herbs, shrubs; cosmopolitan; semi-arid; Africa, Australia, South America; 2 sepals; 4-6 petals; succulent, fleshy leaves.
TaxonomyIn the Apg3 system
Portulacaceae is a
Family in the Order Cryophyllales. Several genera were moved to
Montiaceae,
Didiereaceae,
Anacampserotaceae and
Talinaceae, thus reducing the family to Portulaca.
In newer phylogentic studies it turns out thatAnacampserotaceae and
Talinaceae are closely related.
In the
Plant theory Portulacaceae is a family in the Order
Portulacales, which is placed in the Subclass
Caryophyllidae. In the first version
Portulacaceae was placed in
Subphase 6. In
Plant theory 2 it is placed in
Subphase 2.