Jade Plant family
PORTULACACEAE in Australia
including
Didiereaceae, Hectorellaceae, Lewisiaceae, and Montiaceae.
CARYOPHYLLIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Christine Ashe
  
link to
Flowers in Australia

Portulacaria afra
Jade Plant
Sydney, August 2006

Portulaca grandiflora
Moss Rose
Bonogin, January 2007

Portulaca oleracea
Pigweed
Bundaberg, December 2006

Caterpillars of some Butterflies and Moths in Australia favour species in PORTULACACEAE for their foodplant, including:


Hypolimnas misippus

Junonia villida

Spodoptera exigua

Hyles livornicoides

Aloa marginata

Tiracola plagiata

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(updated 15 May 2010)