BISH 660335Botany

Portulaca oleracea

As recorded: Portulaca oleracea L.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Portulacaceae

Collected by: Fosberg, F.R.
Collector number: 58734
Date: November 29, 1978
Locality: N central Nauru, Uaboe, .35 km in from coast.
Island: Nauru Island
Region: Nauru
Record type: Preserved specimen

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

Collected the same day

On November 29, 1978, Fosberg, F.R. also collected 21 other specimens.

Portulaca oleracea observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1978. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 50,269 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

Budapest, Vigadó tér, 1056 Ungarn

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

2026-10-27

Route de Laviale, Flagnac, Occitanie, FR

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

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Cite this specimen

Portulaca oleracea. BISH 660335. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956647045. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/660335.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956647045 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026