Talinum

Talinum is a genus of herbaceous succulent plants in the family Talinaceae (formerly in the family Portulacaceae) whose common names include fameflower. It includes 27 species native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Indian subcontinent, and Myanmar.^[1] Several species bear edible leaves, and Talinum fruticosum is widely grown in tropical regions as a leaf vegetable. Talinum paniculatum is grown as an ornamental plant.

Talinum
Talinum fruticosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Talinaceae
Genus:	Talinum Adans. (1763)
Species[1]
27; See text
Synonyms[1]
Anacampseros P.Browne (1756), nom. illeg. Chromanthus Phil. (1870) Eutmon Raf. (1833) Helianthemoides Medik. (1789) Orygia Forssk. (1775) Sabouraea Leandri (1962) Talinella Baill. (1886) Talinium Raf. (1818)

Species

27 species are accepted.^[1]

• Talinum albiflorum (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
• Talinum ankaranense (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
• Talinum arnotii Hook.f.
• Talinum aurantiacum Engelm.^[2]
• Talinum boivinianum (Baill.) Christenh. & Byng
• Talinum bosseri (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
• Talinum afrum (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh.^[3]
• Talinum crispatulum Dinter
• Talinum dauphinense (Scott Elliot) Christenh. & Byng
• Talinum domingense Urb. & Ekman
• Talinum fruticosum (L.) Juss.
• Talinum grevei (Danguy) Christenh. & Byng
• Talinum humbertii (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
• Talinum latifolium (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
• Talinum lineare Kunth
• Talinum microphyllum (Eggli) Christenh. & Byng
• Talinum nocturnum Bacig.
• Talinum pachypodum (Eggli) Christenh. & Byng
• Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn.^[4]
• Talinum polygaloides Gillies ex Arn.
• Talinum porphyreum M.Mend. & J.R.I.Wood
• Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf.
• Talinum sonorae D.J.Ferguson
• Talinum tenuissimum Dinter
• Talinum tsitondroinense (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
• Talinum tuberosum (Benth.) P.Wilson
• Talinum xerophilum (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng

Formerly placed here

Talinum fruticosum in Singapore

• Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) DC. (as T. ciliatum Ruiz & Pav)
• Phemeranthus calcaricus (S. Ware)
• Phemeranthus mengesii (W.Wolf) Kiger (as T. mengesii W.Wolf)
• Phemeranthus parviflorus (Nutt.) Kiger (as T. parviflorum Nutt.)
• Lewisia pygmaea (A.Gray) B.L.Rob. (as T. pygmaeum A.Gray)
• Phemeranthus rugospermus (Holz.) Kiger (as T. rugospermum Holz.)
• Phemeranthus spinescens (Torr.) Hershk. (as T. spinescens Torr.)
• Montiopsis umbellata (Ruiz & Pav.) D.I.Ford (as T. umbellatum Ruiz & Pav.)