Portulaca macrantha (Maire) Ricceri & Arrigoni

(≡ Portulaca oleracea subsp. macrantha (Maire) Maire). – Fig. 8A, B.

A Cm: Crimea: Sudak, S slope, 31 Jul 1886, Zelenetskiy (YALT); Balaclava, 1896, Andreyev (YALT); Simeiz, 28 Jul 1903, in collibus, Golde (YALT); SW slope of Ayudag mountain, 22 Aug 1981, Golubyev & Volokitin (YALT); Nikita, Nikitsky Botanical Garden, 44°30'41''N, 34°13'56''E, 150 m, flowerbed, 6 Dec 2019, Ryff (YALT). – New area record for this taxon, identified by SEM study of the seeds. It is native to the Canary Islands and Morocco (Dobignard & Chatelain 2013), cultivated in Algeria and given as introduced in Tunisia (Domina & al. 2010) and Poland (Bulakh & al. 2022).

E. Bulakh, L. E. Ryff & M. Shevera

N Uk: Ukraine: Kherson region, Tsuriupinsk district, Kozachi Lageri, sand, 19 Jul 1952, Gryn & Dubovyk (KW s.n.); Zhytomyr region, Zhytomyr district, Dovzhyk village, weeds in market garden, 31 Aug 2019, Orlov (KW 156624); ibid., Glybochytsia village, side of Zhytomyr – Kyiv highway, 18 Sep 2019, Orlov (KW 156626); ibid., Barashivka village, private market garden, on hill, as weed, 2 Oct 2019, Orlov (KW 156622); ibid., Zhytomyr, railway station, unloading yard, 8 Oct 2019, Orlov (KW 156625); ibid., Golubiatyn village, railway station, 14 Aug 2021, Orlov (KW 159035); ibid., Troshcha village, market garden, 20 Aug 2021, Orlov (KW 159034); ibid., Motovylovka village, side of highway, 15 Sep 2021, Orlov (KW 159036).

– New area record for this taxon, identified by SEM study of the seeds. The closest known location is in Poland (Bulakh & al. 2022). In continental Ukraine, it is found in forests (Polissia), forest-steppe and steppe (N Black Sea region) zones. It is probably the most common microspecies of the Portulaca oleracea aggregate in the country.

E. Bulakh, O. Orlov, P. Bulakh & M. Shevera