Portulaca macrantha Ricceri & Arrigoni

Raab-Straube, Eckhard von & Raus, Thomas, 2024, Euro + Med-Checklist Notulae, 17, Willdenowia 54 (1), pp. 5-45 : 30

Portulaca macrantha Ricceri & Arrigoni

(≡ P. oleracea subsp. macrantha Maire , nom. illeg.)

– Fig. S1E, F.

A Rm: Romania: Iași, Țuțora, 47.13540°N, 27.79433°E, roadside, 2022, Sîrbu (IASI); ibid., Iași, Mircea cel Bătrân residential area, 47.15605°N, 27.56213°E, disturbed ground, 2022, Sîrbu (IASI); ibid., Ilfov, Urziceni, 44.71385°N, 26.62536°E, roadside, 2022, Sîrbu & Oprea (IASI); ibid., Ilfov, Urziceni, 44.71955°N, 26.62721°E, roadside ground, 2022, Sîrbu & Oprea (IASI); ibid., Ilfov, Urziceni, 44.71624°N, 26.62611°E, disturbed ground, 2022, Sîrbu & Oprea (IASI); ibid., București, Cotroceni Street, 44.43705°N, 26.06689°E, roadside, 2022, Sîrbu & Oprea (IASI).

– New area record for this taxon, identified by SEM study of the seeds. It is native to the Canary Islands and Morocco ( Dobignard & Chatelain 2013), and introduced in Tunisia (Domina & al. 2010), Poland ( Bulakh & al. 2022) and Ukraine ( Bulakh & al. 2023).

E. Bulakh, C. Sîrbu, A. Oprea, O. Volutsa & M. Shevera

Figures

Fig. 1. Mesembryanthemum haeckelianum – A: flowering plant in nitrophilous grassland habitat; B: detail of plant with flowers; C: detail of fruits. – Spain, Valencia, Paiporta, Sant Joaquim, 1 May 2023 (A), 8 Dec 2020 (B, C), photographs by S. Fos.