Fameflower articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Description

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Glabrous perennial herbs (in ours), with annual stems arising from a perennial often tuberous base. Stipules 0. Leaves alternate or rarely sub-opposite or in a rosette. Flowers in terminal or axillary cymes, racemes or panicles or solitary. Sepals 2, opposite. Petals 5 (in ours). Stamens 5-many. Ovary superior, 1-locular; style filiform with 3 stigma lobes. Capsule dehiscing longitudinally by 3 valves.

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bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Talinum Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=563
author: Mark Hyde
author: Bart Wursten
author: Petra Ballings

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Talinum

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Talinum is a genus of herbaceous succulent plants in the family Talinaceae (formerly in the family Portulacaceae) whose common names include flameflower. Several species bear edible leaves, and Talinum fruticosum is widely grown in tropical regions as a leaf vegetable. Talinum paniculatum is grown as an ornamental plant.

Selected species

Talinum aurantiacum Engelm.^[2]
Talinum caffrum (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh.^[3]
Talinum fruticosum (L.) Juss.
Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn.^[4]

Talinum fruticosum in Singapore

Formerly placed here

Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) DC. (as T. ciliatum Ruiz & Pav)
Phemeranthus calcaricus (S. Ware)
Phemeranthus mengesii (W.Wolf) Kiger (as T. mengesii W.Wolf)
Phemeranthus parviflorus (Nutt.) Kiger (as T. parviflorum Nutt.)
Lewisia pygmaea (A.Gray) B.L.Rob. (as T. pygmaeum A.Gray)
Phemeranthus rugospermus (Holz.) Kiger (as T. rugospermum Holz.)
Phemeranthus spinescens (Torr.) Hershk. (as T. spinescens Torr.)
Montiopsis umbellata (Ruiz & Pav.) D.I.Ford (as T. umbellatum Ruiz & Pav.)

References

^ "Talinum Adans". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-01-28. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
^ "urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:249148-2". Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 153 (1850). IPNI. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
^ "urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:699483-1". Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher]. IPNI. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
^ "Species Records of Talinum ". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2010-06-19.

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Talinum: Brief Summary

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Talinum is a genus of herbaceous succulent plants in the family Talinaceae (formerly in the family Portulacaceae) whose common names include flameflower. Several species bear edible leaves, and Talinum fruticosum is widely grown in tropical regions as a leaf vegetable. Talinum paniculatum is grown as an ornamental plant.

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