View source for Talinum ← Talinum You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{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= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs </b>[or subshrubs], perennial, caulescent, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root architecture;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 quantity;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 quantity;petal quantity;petal fusion">petals fugacious, 5 or rarely more, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stamen quantity;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 quantity;stigma quantity;stigma atypical quantity;stigma quantity">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 quantity;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 presence;x chromosome quantity">x = 12.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;South America;Africa;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. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| 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]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#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;elsewhere |reference=poellnitz1934a;wilson1932d |publication title=Fam. Pl. |publication year=1763 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V4/V4_1025.xml |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 |inflorescence architecture=many-flowered;not secund;cymose |inflorescence arrangement=racemose;paniculate |inflorescence position=terminal;lateral |inflorescence quantity=few |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 presence=absent |petal duration=fugacious |petal fusion=distinct |petal quantity=rarely;5 |root architecture=tuberous |root texture=fleshy;woody |seed architecture=strophiolate |seed coloration=black |seed quantity=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 fusion=distinct |stamen quantity=15;35 |stem architecture=branching;simple |stem growth form=suffrutescent |stem orientation=erect |stigma atypical quantity=3;5 |stigma quantity=3;1 |style quantity=1 |valve duration=deciduous |valve orientation=erect |whole_organism architecture=caulescent |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=herb |whole_organism pubescence=glabrous |x chromosome quantity=12 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Portulacaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Portulacaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Talinum.