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|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-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>[or subshrubs], perennial, caulescent, glabrous. <b>Roots</b> tuberous, fleshy to woody. <b>Stems</b> erect, simple or branching, sometimes suffrutescent. <b>Leaves</b> alternate or subopposite, short-petiolate or subsessile, articulate at base, not clasping, attachment points round; blade broadly planate, 1–7 cm wide, succulent or semisucculent, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> lateral and/or terminal, paniculate, racemose, or cymose, not appearing secund, few- to many-flowered; peduncle very short to elongate. <b>Flowers</b> pedicellate; sepals deciduous or persistent, distinct; petals fugacious, 5 or rarely more, distinct; stamens 15–35, distinct, anther 2-locular, oblong; gynoecium 3[–5]-carpellate, ovary superior, placentation free-central, style 1 [absent], stigma(s) 1 or 3[–5]. <b>Fruits</b> capsular, longitudinally and tardily dehiscent from apex, 3[–5]-valved; valves wholly or partly deciduous, erect; exocarp and endocarp distinctly differentiated, sometimes separating, then endocarp persistent. <b>Seeds</b> many, black, ± compressed, circular-reniform, ca. 1 mm, strophiolate; seed coat lustrous, minutely tuberculate or striolate, pellicle absent. <b>x</b> = 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>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=poellnitz1934a
|text=Poellnitz, K. von. 1934. Monographie der Gattung Talinum Adans. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 1–32.
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|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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|-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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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
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