Portulaca papillatostellulata (Danin & H. G. Baker) Danin

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Portulaca papillatostellulata (Danin & H. G. Baker) Danin

(≡ Portulaca oleracea subsp. papillatostellulata Danin & H. G. Baker ) – Fig. 9A, B .

NCm: Crimea:Gurzuf, on the embankment, 44°32'09''N, 33°38'21''E, 5 m, flowerbed, 15 Dec 2019, Ryff (YALT); Bakhchisaray, railway station, 44°45'24.7''N 33°51'01.9''E, 145 m, on the tracks, 23 Aug 2020, Ryff (herb. Ryff); Armiansk vicinity, administrative border, 46°08'38''N, 34°16'26''E, 20 m, near road, 7 Oct 2021, Ryff (herb. Ryff); Kerch, bus station area, Melek-Chesmensky mound, 45°21'46''N, 36°28'13''E, 5 m, side of street, 10 Sep 2020, Bogdanovich & Ryff (herb. Ryff). – New area record for this taxon, identified by SEM study of the seeds. The native range is the Mediterranean; it is also given as native for some countries of the temperate zone of C and E Europe ( POWO 2023b). It was recently noted from Ukraine ( Bulakh & al. 2019, 2020).

E. Bulakh, L. E. Ryff & M. Shevera

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Fig. 9. Portulaca oleracea aggregate, ultrastructural study of seed surfaces by SEM. – A, B: P. papillatostellulata, Crimea, Bakhchisaray, railway station, 44°45'24.7''N 33°51'01.9''E, 145 m, on the tracks, 23 Aug 2020, Ryff (herb. Ryff). – C, D: P. rausii, Crimea, Gurzuf, 44°32'36''N, 34°15'59''E, 150 m, vineyard below bus stop “Priyatnoye svidaniye”, 27 Jul 2020, Ryff (YALT). – E, F: P. sardoa, Crimea, Yalta, bus station, 44°30'42''N, 34°10'14''E, 45 m, flowerbed, 22 Dec 2019, Ryff (YALT). – Scale bars: A, C, E = 100 μm; B, D, F = 50 μm. – Photographs by E. Bulakh & A. Terebilenko.