BISH 599637Botany

Portulaca oleracea

As recorded: Portulaca oleracea L.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Portulacaceae

Collected by: Sachet, M.-H.
Collector number: 1970
Date: December 6, 1974
Locality: Tupai Atoll - camp on lagoon side of runway, N end of Atoll
Island: Tupai Atoll
Region: French Polynesia
Elevation: 2 m
Identified by: Florence, J.
Record type: Preserved specimen

310 Bishop specimens of Portulaca oleracea · collected 1901–2019Species page ›

Collected the same day

On December 6, 1974, Sachet, M.-H. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Portulaca oleracea observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1974. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 50,272 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.

2026-10-28

Wymysłów 26A, 98-220, Polska

(c) Łukasz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-28

Budapest, Rózsák tere, 1074 Ungarn

(c) Martin A. Prinz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-28

1-27, Snehapuri Colony, Tarnaka, Secunderabad, Telangana 500076, India

(c) Raja Sekhar Chimirala, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-27

Grand Junction

(c) kmbryan21, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

S 31st St, Temple, TX, US

no rights reserved

2026-10-27

Budapest, Vigadó tér, 1056 Ungarn

(c) Martin A. Prinz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Portulaca oleracea. BISH 599637. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956642066. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/599637.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956642066 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026