Portulacineae
| Portulacineae | |||||
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| Kingdom: | Plantae | ||||
| (unranked): | Angiosperms | ||||
| (unranked): | Eudicots | ||||
| (unranked): | Core eudicots | ||||
| Order: | Caryophyllales | ||||
| Suborder: | Portulacineae Engl. | ||||
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Portulacineae is a suborder of flowering plants in the order Caryophyllales comprising the families Basellaceae, Cactaceae (cacti), Didiereaceae, and Portulacaceae. All three major kinds of succulent plant — stem succulents, leaf succulents, and caudiciform plants — are represented within the family.
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. pp. 26–36. doi:10.2985/1070-0048-14.1.26.
- Nyffeler, Reto; Eggli, Urs (2010). "Disintegrating Portulacaceae: A new familial classification of the suborder Portulacineae (Caryophyllales) based on molecular and morphological data". Taxon. 59 (1). pp. 227–240. JSTOR 27757065.
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