- Family:
- Talinaceae (Fenzl) Doweld
Talinum Adans.

[FZ]
Portulacaceae, H. Wild. Flora Zambesiaca 1:2. 1961
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herbs or shrubs.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate or rarely subopposite or rosulate, somewhat succulent; stipules absent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers in terminal or axillary cymes, racemes or panicles, rarely solitary.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals 2, opposite.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 5 (at least in our species), free or joined at the base.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 5-?.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary superior, 1-locular, multiovulate; style filiform, with 3 stigma lobes.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule chartaceous, 1-locular, many-seeded, opening by 3 valves (6-valved in one species outside our area).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds reniform or lenticular, often black or greyish and somewhat compressed; testa smooth or variously tuberculate, pitted or ridged, with a distinct hilum; embryo annular.
[KBu]
Mendoza F., J. & Wood, J.R.I. 2013. Taxonomic revision of Talinum (Talinaceae) in Bolivia with a note on the occurrence of Phemeranthus (Montiaceae). Kew Bulletin 68: 233. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-013-9454-0
- Morphology General Habit
- Fleshy herbs or, rarely, undershrubs, erect, ascending or scrambling
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves basally in a rosette or semi-rosette; on the stem and branches alternate, rarely verticillate; laminas fleshy, linear, linear-lanceolate, obovate, elliptic or spathulate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit an obscurely 3-angled, subglobose or subovoid capsule, opening by 3 separate caducous or shortly persistent valves; intervalvular membrane present or absent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence normally a compact terminal panicle composed of branched lateral cymes, less commonly of terminal branched cymes or, rarely, of solitary axillary flowers; flowers opening during the day or during the night, small or large (0.5 – 2.2 cm diam.); sepals 2, persistent or rapidly caducous; petals 5, straight or variously reflexed; filaments 8 – 40, unequal; anthers elliptic or hemispherical, normally bright yellow; style shorter than or exceeding filaments, filiform, terete or slightly swollen towards the apex; stigma trifid
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds numerous, reniform or lenticular, variously tuberculate, papillose or channelled, black or brownish-black; caruncle prominent, reduced or missing, membranous, white or whitish-hyaline, caducous or persistent.
- Type
- Type: Portulacafruticosa L. (Linnaeus 1759).
[FTEA]
Portulacaceae, Sylvia M. Phillips. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2002
- Morphology General Habit
- Rather succulent perennial herbs or subshrubs, often arising from an underground tuber
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate or rarely subopposite or in a basal rosette, fleshy, flat or terete
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers pedicellate in terminal or axillary cymes or thyrsiform panicles, sometimes raceme-like or reduced to a single flower, bracts and bracteoles small, scale-like
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals falling with the petals or subpersistent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals mostly 5, free or connate at the base
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens indefinite, few to many, free or adherent to the base of the petals, filaments filiform
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary superior, multiovulate, style slender, disarticulating at maturity, stigma 3-branched
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a 3-valved capsule, also circumscissile at the base, the valves falling separately, cartilaginous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds many, reniform to lenticular, testa smooth or ornamented.
Doubtfully present in:
Suriname
Native to:
Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Kentucky, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Oman, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Texas, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Alabama, Burkina, Cambodia, Cape Verde, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., Fiji, Galápagos, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Madeira, Malaya, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Ogasawara-shoto, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
- Talinum albiflorum (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
- Talinum ankaranense (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
- Talinum arnotii Hook.f.
- Talinum aurantiacum Engelm.
- Talinum boivinianum (Baill.) Christenh. & Byng
- Talinum bosseri (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
- Talinum caffrum (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Talinum crispatulum Dinter
- Talinum dauphinense (Scott Elliot) Christenh. & Byng
- Talinum domingense Urb. & Ekman
- Talinum fruticosum (L.) Juss.
- Talinum grevei (Danguy) Christenh. & Byng
- Talinum humbertii (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
- Talinum latifolium (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
- Talinum lineare Kunth
- Talinum microphyllum (Eggli) Christenh. & Byng
- Talinum nocturnum Bacig.
- Talinum pachypodum (Eggli) Christenh. & Byng
- Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn.
- Talinum polygaloides Gillies ex Arn.
- Talinum porphyreum M.Mend. & J.R.I.Wood
- Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf.
- Talinum sonorae D.J.Ferguson
- Talinum tenuissimum Dinter
- Talinum tsitondroinense (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
- Talinum tuberosum (Benth.) P.Wilson
- Talinum xerophilum (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
Talinum Adans. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Faulkner, H. [K.322], Mozambique | 21841.000 | No |
First published in Fam. Pl. 2: 245, 609 (1763)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.
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