Portulak vs Cuban purslane

Portulaca oleracea compared with Portulaca biloba

Key Differences

• Portulak is Not Evaluated while Cuban purslane is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Portulak	Cuban purslane
Kingdom same	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Caryophyllales (Nelkenartige)	Caryophyllales (Nelkenartige)
Family same	Portulacaceae	Portulacaceae
Genus same	Portulaca	Portulaca
Species	Portulaca oleracea	Portulaca biloba

Evolutionary Relationship

Portulak and Cuban purslane share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Portulaca.

Conservation Status

Portulak

NE — Not Evaluated

Cuban purslane

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Portulak	Cuban purslane
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Portulak

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, flooded grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (26 countries), North America (17 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (8 countries).

Cuban purslane

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cuba and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Portulak

The Akulikuli-Kula (Portulaca oleracea) is a species in the genus Portulaca. Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, flooded grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realm.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇺 Cuba 🇺🇸 United States