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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Talinum
|accepted_authority=Adanson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fam. Pl.
|place=2: 245, 609. 1763
|year=1763
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Portulacaceae;Talinum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Portulacaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Talinum]]</div></div>
|etymology=Apparently from an African vernacular name
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 458, 489, 490, 491
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="herb duration;herb architecture;herb pubescence"><b>Herbs </b>[or subshrubs], perennial, caulescent, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root architecture;root texture;root texture;root texture"><b>Roots </b>tuberous, fleshy to woody.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem growth form"><b>Stems </b>erect, simple or branching, sometimes suffrutescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf architecture;leaf architecture;leaf architecture;leaf architecture or fixation;attachment point shape"><b>Leaves </b>alternate or subopposite, short-petiolate or subsessile, articulate at base, not clasping, attachment points round;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade width;blade texture;blade texture;margin architecture or shape">blade broadly planate, 1–7 cm wide, succulent or semisucculent, margins entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position;inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence count;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>lateral and/or terminal, paniculate, racemose, or cymose, not appearing secund, few to many-flowered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="peduncle size">peduncle very short-to-elongate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>pedicellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="sepal duration;sepal duration;sepal fusion">sepals deciduous or persistent, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="petal duration;petal count;petal count;petal fusion">petals fugacious, 5 or rarely more, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stamen count;stamen fusion;anther architecture or structure in adjective form;anther shape">stamens 15–35, distinct, anther 2-locular, oblong;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="gynoecium architecture;ovary position;style count;stigma count;stigma atypical count;stigma count">gynoecium 3 [–5] -carpellate, ovary superior, placentation free-central, style 1 [absent], stigma (s) 1 or 3 [–5].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit dehiscence;fruit architecture"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, longitudinally and tardily dehiscent from apex, 3 [–5] -valved;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="valve duration;valve orientation">valves wholly or partly deciduous, erect;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="exocarp variability;exocarp arrangement;endocarp variability;endocarp arrangement;endocarp duration">exocarp and endocarp distinctly differentiated, sometimes separating, then endocarp persistent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed count;seed coloration;seed shape;seed shape;seed some measurement;seed architecture"><b>Seeds </b>many, black, ± compressed, circular-reniform, ca. 1 mm, strophiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="seed-coat reflectance;seed-coat relief;seed-coat relief">seed-coat lustrous, minutely tuberculate or striolate, pellicle absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="pellicle count;x chromosome count">x = 12.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;South America;Africa;introduced elsewhere.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 15 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>As circumscribed here, Talinum is a primarily Old World genus with only two species found in North America. Other North American species that usually have been included in Talinum are recognized here under Phemeranthus (which see for discussion).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=poellnitz1934a
|text=Poellnitz, K. von. 1934. Monographie der Gattung Talinum Adans. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 1–32.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=wilson1932d
|text=Wilson, P. 1932d. Talinum. In: N. L. Britton et al., eds. 1905+. North American Flora.... 47+ vols. New York. Vol. 21, pp. 280–289.
}}
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Inflorescences racemose or cymose; pedicels triquetrous, distinctly thicker distally; petals 7 mm or longer; stigma 1, 3-lobed
|[[Talinum fruticosum|Talinum fruticosum]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Inflorescences paniculate; pedicels terete, ± uniformly slender; petals 6 mm or shorter; stigmas 3, linear
|[[Talinum paniculatum|Talinum paniculatum]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Talinum
|author=Robert W. Kiger
|authority=Adanson
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Portulacaceae
|distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;South America;Africa;introduced elsewhere.
|reference=poellnitz1934a;wilson1932d
|publication title=Fam. Pl.
|publication year=1763
|special status=
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|genus=Talinum
|anther architecture or structure in adjective form=2-locular
|anther shape=oblong
|attachment point shape=round
|blade shape=planate
|blade texture=semisucculent;succulent
|blade width=1cm;7cm
|endocarp arrangement=separating
|endocarp duration=persistent
|endocarp variability=differentiated
|exocarp arrangement=separating
|exocarp variability=differentiated
|flower architecture=pedicellate
|fruit architecture=3[-5]-valved;capsular
|fruit dehiscence=dehiscent
|gynoecium architecture=3[-5]-carpellate
|herb architecture=caulescent
|herb duration=perennial
|herb pubescence=glabrous
|inflorescence architecture=many-flowered;not secund;cymose
|inflorescence arrangement=racemose;paniculate
|inflorescence count=few
|inflorescence position=terminal;lateral
|leaf architecture=articulate;subsessile;short-petiolate
|leaf architecture or fixation=not clasping
|leaf arrangement=subopposite;alternate
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|ovary position=superior
|peduncle size=short;elongate
|pellicle count=absent
|petal count=rarely;5
|petal duration=fugacious
|petal fusion=distinct
|root architecture=tuberous
|root texture=fleshy;woody
|seed architecture=strophiolate
|seed coloration=black
|seed count=many
|seed shape=circular-reniform;compressed
|seed some measurement=1
|seed-coat reflectance=lustrous
|seed-coat relief=striolate;tuberculate
|sepal duration=persistent;deciduous
|sepal fusion=distinct
|stamen count=15;35
|stamen fusion=distinct
|stem architecture=branching;simple
|stem growth form=suffrutescent
|stem orientation=erect
|stigma atypical count=3;5
|stigma count=3;1
|style count=1
|valve duration=deciduous
|valve orientation=erect
|x chromosome count=12
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