Definitions for portulacaceae
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1. Portulacaceae, family Portulacaceae, purslane familynoun

   family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas

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1. Portulacaceae

   The Portulacaceae are a family of flowering plants, comprising 115 species in a single genus Portulaca. Formerly some 20 genera with about 500 species, were placed there, but it is now restricted to encompass only one genus, the other genera being placed elsewhere. The family has been recognised by most taxonomists, and is also known as the purslane family. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the highest diversity in semiarid regions of the Southern Hemisphere in Africa, Australia, and South America, but with a few species also extending north into Arctic regions. The family is very similar to the Caryophyllaceae, differing in the calyx, which has only two sepals. The APG II system (2003; unchanged from the APG system of 1998) assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. In the APG III system, several genera were moved to the Montiaceae, Didiereaceae, Anacampserotaceae and Talinaceae, thus making the family monotypic and only containing the genus Portulaca.

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1. portulacaceae

   Portulacaceae is a family of flowering plants comprising about 20 genera and approximately 500 species, widely distributed around the world. Many of these plants are succulent and are found in sandy or rocky soils in arid regions. They are generally herbaceous plants, but some shrubs and small trees are also included. The variation among the species is considerable, with sizes ranging from small, ground-hugging plants to taller, upright plants. Some examples include the genus Portulaca, also known as purslane.

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1. Portulacaceae

   The Portulacaceae are a family of flowering plants, comprising about 20 genera with about 500 species, ranging from herbaceous plants to shrubs. The family has been recognised by most taxonomists, and is also known as the purslane family; it has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the highest diversity in semiarid regions of the Southern Hemisphere in Africa, Australia, and South America, but with a few species also extending north into Arctic regions. The family is very similar to the Caryophyllaceae, differing in the calyx, which has only two sepals. The APG II system assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. In the APG III system, several genera were moved to the Montiaceae, Didiereaceae, Anacampserotaceae and Talinaceae, thus making the family monotypic and only containing the genus Portulaca.

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1. Portulacaceae

   A plant family of the order Caryophyllales, subclass Caryophyllidae, class Magnoliopsida. There are no true petals; each flower has two to six sepals. They produce betacyanin and betaxanthin pigments and lack anthocyanins.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of portulacaceae in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of portulacaceae in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portulacaceae
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