BISH 655687Botany

Portulaca quadrifida

Chickenweed Purslane

As recorded: Portulaca quadrifida L.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Portulacaceae

Collected by: Hosaka, E.Y.
Collector number: 2873
Date: June 11, 1946
Locality: Tinian I., West coast
Island: Tinian
Region: Northern Mariana Islands
Record type: Preserved specimen

8 Bishop specimens of Portulaca quadrifida · collected 1921–1973Species page ›

Collected the same day

On June 11, 1946, Hosaka, E.Y. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Portulaca quadrifida observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1946. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 301 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-20.

2026-10-20

Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, IN

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

2026-10-10

Hidaybu, YE-HD, YE

(c) Radim J. Vašut, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-04

Hadramawt, YE

(c) Radim J. Vašut, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-01

Anajpur, Telangana 501512, India

(c) Mitul and Vijul Singh, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-09-24

Hoedspruit, Limpopo, ZA

(c) Rebecca Ryen Stols, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

2026-09-22

Shrisurura, Katwa, West Bengal, India

(c) Munshi Md. Abul Barakat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Portulaca quadrifida. BISH 655687. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956306314. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/655687.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956306314 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026