Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Rosanae > Order Myrtales > Family Lythraceae > Genus Lythrum

Lythrum portula (L.) D. A. Webb

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lythrum*	L.	accepted genus name
*Middendorfia*	Trautv.	heterotypic synonym
*Peplis*	L.	heterotypic synonym

Species group names

*Peplis portula*	L.	basionym
*Peplis portula*	L.	homotypic synonym
*Peplis longidentata*	(J. Gay) Batt.	heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: peplis sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Euskera: asta-ketozkia sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Portuguese: patinha sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: péplide

Literature

nomenclatural reference	D. A. Webb in Feddes Repert. 74. 1967.

Genbank

Citation

Valdés, B. (2012): Lythraceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Lythrum portula (L.) D. A. Webb. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=C117A0D4-D85D-4873-A7B8-B545FEC3FD41