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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, <i>Talinum</i> is a primarily Old World genus with only two species found in North America. Other North American species that usually have been included in <i>Talinum</i> are recognized here under <i>Phemeranthus</i> (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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