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Evolution of the Cactaceae
... the closest angiosperm family to the cacti is the Portulacaceae, with the genera Portulaca, Talinum, and Anacampseros the likely "cousins" (among others). The long standing previous assumptions ... major growth forms are the cholla-type, cylindrical stemmed forms (chollas with short-lived ephemeral leaves; Pereskiopsis and Quiabentia with cylindrical stems and persistent succulent leaves; Tacinga with ...
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The Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society
... ephemeral) PORTULACACEAE Calyptridium monandrum Sand Cress (mat-forming winter/spring ephemeral) Portulaca oleracea Common Purslane (mat-forming exotic summer ephemeral) Portulaca parvula Purslane (summer ephemeral) Portulaca suffrutescens Purslane (clumping summer ephemeral) Portulaca umbraticola Purslane (mat-forming summer ephemeral ...
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