2406.000 Talinum
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 Zimbabwe: 5 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| afrum (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh. | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| arnotii Hook. f. | E,S | Description, Image |
| paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn. | C,E | Description, Image |
| portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| tenuissimum Dinter | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
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Flora of Mozambique: Talinum
Flora of Rwanda: Talinum
Flora of Zambia: Talinum
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Talinum
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): TalinumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Talinum
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