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Internal ID UUID643ff4ea3c047801575565
Scientific name Lythrum portula
Authority (L.) D.A.Webb
First published in Feddes Repert. 71: 13 (1967)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Portula diffusa Moench Methodus : 661 (1794)
Portula palustris Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 553 (1821 publ. 1822)
Peplis serpyllifolia Rupr. Fl. Ingrica : 387 (1854)
Peplis glandulifera Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 327 (1867)
Peplis fradini Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 1: 156 (1874)
Peplis portula L. Sp. Pl. : 332 (1753)
Ammannia portula Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 87 (1874)
Chabraea compressa Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 645 (1899)
Peplis portulacifolia Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 147 (1782)
Peplis portulaca Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 139 (1766)
Peplis longidentata (J.Gay) Batt. Fl. Algérie , Dicot.: 320 (1889)
Lythrum portula subsp. longidentata (J.Gay) P.D.Sell Watsonia 6: 296 (1967)
Peplis portula subsp. longidentata (J.Gay) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. : 252 (1879)
Peplis portula var. fradinii (Pomel) Pau & Font Quer Exsicc. (Iter Marocc.) 1927: n.° 423 (1928)
Peplis portula var. alternifolia Bréb. Fl. Normandie , éd. 3: 110 (1859)
Peplis portula f. aquatica Brenner Meddeland. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 32: 71 (1906)
Lythrum portula var. callitrichoides (A.Br. ex Koehne) Vasc. Bol. Soc. Brot. , sér. 2, 44: 82 (1970)
Lythrum portula var. longidentatum (J.Gay) Vasc. Bol. Soc. Brot. , sér. 2, 44: 82 (1970)
Peplis portula f. callitrichoides A.Br. ex Koehne Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 265 (1881)
Peplis portula var. longidentata J.Gay Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 26: 226 (1832)
Peplis portula prol. longidentata (J.Gay) Rouy & E.G.Camus Fl. France 7: 167 (1901)

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Language Common/alternative name
English water purslane
English spatulaleaf loosestrife
Belarusian Бутэрлак партулакавы
Catalan salicària morada
Catalan pourpier des marais
Czech kalužník šruchový
Welsh troed y gywen
German pourpier des marais
German sumpfquendel
Finnish ojakaali
French pourpier des marais
French salicaire pourpier
French pourpier deau
Croatian potočni pilićnjak
Hungarian henye tócsahúr
Lithuanian pourpier des marais
Lithuanian pelkinė šindra
Macedonian поточна врбица
Norwegian Bokmål vasskryp
Dutch waterpostelein
Swedish rödlånke
Swedish pourpier des marais
tt Бака чикмәне

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  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Oregon
      • Washington
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
    • Western Canada
      • British Columbia
  • Southern America
    • Southern South America
      • Chile Central
      • Chile South

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000366868
Canadensys 6606
USDA Plants LYPO4
Tropicos 19200253
INPN 107115
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:553777-1
The Plant List kew-2354126
PFAF Lythrum portula
Open Tree Of Life 412152
Observations.org 7026
NCBI Taxonomy 1053367
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000460546
Nature Serve 2.138405
IUCN Red List 164154
IPNI 553777-1
iNaturalist 77918
GBIF 3188743
Freebase /m/07sbwdx
EPPO PPLPO
EOL 583148
Calflora (Californian flora) 5260
USDA GRIN 450595
Wikipedia Lythrum_portula

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
The Plant Communities of the Class Isoëto-Nanojuncetea in Sicily Brullo S, Brullo C, Sciandrello S, Tavilla G, Cambria S, Tomaselli V, Ilardi V, Giusso del Galdo G, Minissale P Plants (Basel) 29-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9104982
doi:10.3390/plants11091214
PMID:35567216
Unexpected Discovery of Thelypteris palustris (Thelypteridaceae) in Sicily (Italy): Morphological, Ecological Analysis and Habitat Characterization Sciandrello S, Cambria S, del Galdo GG, Tavilla G, Minissale P Plants (Basel) 12-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8625552
doi:10.3390/plants10112448
PMID:34834810
Formalized classification of ephemeral wetland vegetation (Isoëto-Nanojuncetea class) in Poland (Central Europe) Kącki Z, Łysko A, Dajdok Z, Kobierski P, Krawczyk R, Nowak A, Rosadziński S, Popiela AA PeerJ 10-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8362674
doi:10.7717/peerj.11703
PMID:34434642
Rediscovery of Cyperus flavescens (Cyperaceae) on the northeast periphery of its range in Europe Marciniuk P, Marciniuk J, Łysko A, Krajewski Ł, Chudecka J, Skrzyczyńska J, Popiela AA PeerJ 14-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7497605
doi:10.7717/peerj.9837
PMID:32983639
Seed germination traits shape community assembly along a hydroperiod gradient Rosbakh S, Phartyal SS, Poschlod P Ann Bot 17-Aug-2019
PMCID:PMC6948216
doi:10.1093/aob/mcz139
PMID:31420645
The first Pleistocene fossil records of Urtica kioviensis Rogow. (Urticaceae) and Potamogeton sukaczevii Wieliczk. (Potamogetonaceae) in the British Isles Field MH, Lewis SG Veg Hist Archaeobot 30-May-2018
PMCID:PMC6383840
doi:10.1007/s00334-018-0679-6
PMID:30872899

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