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Portulacaceae (Purslane Family)

Notes: FNA4: "The relationships of the family are not a matter of dispute (A. Cronquist 1981; R. C. Carolin 1987); the same cannot be said for the relationships and delimitations of the genera, which have always been labile. They are, at present, the subject of active research, which has led to the current acceptance of Phemeranthus and Cistanthe. Changes in the generic classification are discussed in the treatments of the genera concerned."

Family Synonyms: (none)

Literature:

» JPM = Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley. pp. 898-900.

Family treatment authored by Peter F. Zika; last updated 4/1/2009 by David Giblin

Taxon (native species in boldface)	# Synonyms	Common Names
*Calandrinia ciliata* (Ruiz & Pavón) DC. [FNA4, H&C]	5	redmainds, fringed redmaids
*Calyptridium roseum* S. Wats. [H&C, JPM]	1	rosy pussypaws
*Cistanthe umbellata* (Torrey) Hershkovitz [FNA4]	7
*Claytonia arenicola* L. F. Hend. [FNA4]	1	sand springbeauty or sand montia
*Claytonia cordifolia* S. Watson [FNA4]	2	heart-leaf springbeauty, broadleaf bpringbeauty
*Claytonia exigua* Douglas ex Torr. & A. Gray ssp. *exigua* [FNA4]	1	pale springbeauty or Claytonia
*Claytonia exigua* Douglas ex Torr. & A. Gray ssp. *glauca* (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) John M. Mill. & K. L. Chambers [FNA4]	3	pallid Claytonia
*Claytonia lanceolata* Pursh [FNA4, H&C]	7	lanceleaf springbeauty
*Claytonia megarhiza* (A. Gray) Parry ex S. Watson [FNA4]	4	fell-fields Claytonia
*Claytonia multiscapa* Rydb. ssp. *pacifica* (McNeill) J.M. Miller & K.L. Chambers [Syst. Bot. Monographs 78. 2006]	6
*Claytonia parviflora* Douglas ex Hook. ssp. *parviflora* [FNA4]	3	Indian lettuce
*Claytonia perfoliata* Donn ex Willd. ssp. *intermontana* John M. Mill. & K. L. Chambers [FNA4]	2	intermountain miners lettuce
*Claytonia perfoliata* Donn ex Willd. ssp. *perfoliata* [FNA4]	2	miners lettuce
*Claytonia rubra* (Howell) Tidestr. ssp. *depressa* (A. Gray) John M. Mill. & K. L. Chambers [FNA4]	4	cushion miners lettuce
*Claytonia rubra* (Howell) Tidestr. ssp. *rubra* [FNA4]	2	erubescent or red miners lettuce
*Claytonia sibirica* L. [FNA4]	7	candy flower, Siberian springbeauty
*Claytonia washingtoniana* (Suksd.) Suksd. [FNA4]	2	Lake Washington Claytonia
*Lewisia columbiana* (Howell ex A. Gray) B.L. Rob. var. *columbiana* [FNA4, H&C]	3	Columbia lewisia
*Lewisia columbiana* (Howell ex A. Gray) B.L. Rob. var. *rupicola* (English) C.L. Hitchc. [FNA4, H&C]	2	Columbia lewisia
*Lewisia columbiana* (Howell ex A. Gray) B. L. Robinson var. *wallowensis* C. L. Hitchcock [FNA4]	1
*Lewisia nevadensis* (A. Gray) B.L. Rob. [FNA4]	5	Nevada bitterroot
*Lewisia pygmaea* (A. Gray) B.L. Rob. [FNA4]	10	least, dwarf or alpine lewisia
*Lewisia rediviva* Pursh var. *rediviva* [FNA4]	2	bitterroot
*Lewisia triphylla* (S. Watson) B.L. Rob. [FNA4, H&C]	3	three leaf lewisia, three leaf bitterroot
*Lewisia tweedyi* (A. Gray) B.L. Rob. [H&C]	3	Tweedy's lewisia
*Montia chamissoi* (Ledeb. ex Spreng.) Greene [FNA4, H&C]	2	Chamisso's montia, water montia
*Montia dichotoma* (Nutt.) Howell [FNA4, H&C]	2	dwarf montia
*Montia diffusa* (Nutt.) Greene [FNA4, H&C]	2	branching montia, spreading candyflower
*Montia fontana* L. [FNA4, H&C]	8	water blinks, water chickweed
*Montia howellii* S. Watson [FNA4, H&C]	3	Howell's montia
*Montia linearis* (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene [FNA4, H&C]	1	narrow-leafed montia, lineleaf Indian lettuce
*Montia parvifolia* (Mot. ex DC.) Green [FNA4]	5	streambank springbeauty
*Phemeranthus sediformis* (Poelln.) Kiger [FNA4]	3	Okanogan fameflower
*Phemeranthus spinescens* (Torr.) Hershkovitz [FNA4]	1	spiny fameflower, spinescent fameflower
Portulaca oleracea L. [FNA4, H&C]	2	common purslane