Portulacaceae

Family of succulent and semi-succulent plants distributed mainly in arid and semi-arid regions of southern Africa, the Americas and Australia. Includes xerophytic succulent shrubs and annual herbs. Now circumscribed to few genera after the separation of Cactaceae, Talinaceae and others; some authors place Ceraria in Talinaceae.

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5 spp.

Ceraria

Genus of small xerophytic succulent shrubs belonging to the family Portulacaceae (or Talinaceae according to recent authors). Its species are distributed across the arid and semi-arid zones of south-western Africa, mainly in Namaqualand (South Africa) and southern Namibia.

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43 spp.

Portulaca

43 species