2406.000 Talinum Adans.

Description of the genus

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.

Worldwide: 39-40 species in southern Africa, C and S America

Mozambique: 3 taxa.

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:

Hypolimnas misippus (Common diadem)

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
caffrum (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh.	M	Description, Image
portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf.	T,MS,M	Description, Image
tenuissimum Dinter	N,T,MS,M	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Talinum:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Talinum
Flora of Burundi: Talinum
Flora of Caprivi: Talinum
Flora of the DRC: Talinum
Flora of Malawi: Talinum
Flora of Rwanda: Talinum
Flora of Zambia: Talinum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Talinum
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Talinum

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Talinum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Talinum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Talinum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Talinum
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iNaturalist: Talinum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Talinum
JSTOR Plant Science: Talinum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Talinum
Plants of the World Online: Talinum
Tropicos: Talinum
Wikipedia: Talinum