# Talinum

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***Talinum*** is a genus of [herbaceous](/source/Herbaceous_plant) [succulent plants](/source/Succulent_plant) in the family [Talinaceae](/source/Talinaceae) (formerly in the family [Portulacaceae](/source/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](/source/List_of_plants_with_edible_leaves), and *[Talinum fruticosum](/source/Talinum_fruticosum)* is widely grown in tropical regions as a [leaf vegetable](/source/Leaf_vegetable). *[Talinum paniculatum](/source/Talinum_paniculatum)* is grown as an [ornamental plant](/source/Ornamental_plant).

## Species

27 species are accepted.[1]

- *[Talinum albiflorum](/source/Talinum_albiflorum)* (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
- *[Talinum ankaranense](/source/Talinum_ankaranense)* (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
- *[Talinum arnotii](/source/Talinum_arnotii)* Hook.f.
- *[Talinum aurantiacum](/source/Talinum_aurantiacum)* [Engelm.](/source/Engelm.)[2]
- *[Talinum boivinianum](/source/Talinum_boivinianum)* (Baill.) Christenh. & Byng
- *[Talinum bosseri](/source/Talinum_bosseri)* (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
- *[Talinum afrum](/source/Talinum_afrum)* ([Thunb.](/source/Thunb.)) [Eckl. & Zeyh.](/source/Eckl._%26_Zeyh.)[3]
- *[Talinum crispatulum](/source/Talinum_crispatulum)* Dinter
- *[Talinum dauphinense](/source/Talinum_dauphinense)* (Scott Elliot) Christenh. & Byng
- *[Talinum domingense](/source/Talinum_domingense)* Urb. & Ekman
- *[Talinum fruticosum](/source/Talinum_fruticosum)* ([L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus)) [Juss.](/source/Antoine_Laurent_de_Jussieu)
- *[Talinum grevei](/source/Talinum_grevei)* (Danguy) Christenh. & Byng
- *[Talinum humbertii](/source/Talinum_humbertii)* (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
- *[Talinum latifolium](/source/Talinum_latifolium)* (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
- *[Talinum lineare](/source/Talinum_lineare)* Kunth
- *[Talinum microphyllum](/source/Talinum_microphyllum)* (Eggli) Christenh. & Byng
- *[Talinum nocturnum](/source/Talinum_nocturnum)* Bacig.
- *[Talinum pachypodum](/source/Talinum_pachypodum)* (Eggli) Christenh. & Byng
- *[Talinum paniculatum](/source/Talinum_paniculatum)* ([Jacq.](/source/Nikolaus_Joseph_von_Jacquin)) [Gaertn.](/source/Joseph_Gaertner)[4]
- *[Talinum polygaloides](/source/Talinum_polygaloides)* Gillies ex Arn.
- *[Talinum porphyreum](/source/Talinum_porphyreum)* M.Mend. & J.R.I.Wood
- *[Talinum portulacifolium](/source/Talinum_portulacifolium)* (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf.
- *[Talinum sonorae](/source/Talinum_sonorae)* D.J.Ferguson
- *[Talinum tenuissimum](/source/Talinum_tenuissimum)* Dinter
- *[Talinum tsitondroinense](/source/Talinum_tsitondroinense)* (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng
- *[Talinum tuberosum](/source/Talinum_tuberosum)* (Benth.) P.Wilson
- *[Talinum xerophilum](/source/Talinum_xerophilum)* (Appleq.) Christenh. & Byng

### Formerly placed here

- *[Calandrinia ciliata](/source/Calandrinia_ciliata)* ([Ruiz & Pav.](/source/Ruiz_y_Pav%C3%B3n)) [DC.](/source/Augustin_Pyramus_de_Candolle) (as *T. ciliatum* Ruiz & Pav)
- *[Phemeranthus calcaricus](/source/Phemeranthus_calcaricus)* (S. Ware)
- *[Phemeranthus mengesii](/source/Phemeranthus_mengesii)* (W.Wolf) Kiger (as *T. mengesii* W.Wolf)
- *[Phemeranthus parviflorus](/source/Phemeranthus_parviflorus)* ([Nutt.](/source/Thomas_Nuttall)) Kiger (as *T. parviflorum* Nutt.)
- *[Lewisia pygmaea](/source/Lewisia_pygmaea)* ([A.Gray](/source/Asa_Gray)) [B.L.Rob.](/source/Benjamin_Lincoln_Robinson) (as *T. pygmaeum* A.Gray)
- *[Phemeranthus rugospermus](/source/Phemeranthus_rugospermus)* ([Holz.](/source/John_Michael_Holzinger)) Kiger (as *T. rugospermum* Holz.)
- *[Phemeranthus spinescens](/source/Phemeranthus_spinescens)* ([Torr.](/source/John_Torrey)) Hershk. (as *T. spinescens* Torr.)
- *[Montiopsis umbellata](/source/Montiopsis_umbellata)* (Ruiz & Pav.) D.I.Ford (as *T. umbellatum* Ruiz & Pav.)

## References

1. [*Talinum* Adans.](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:325681-2) *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

1. ["urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:249148-2"](https://www.ipni.org/n/249148-2). *Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 153 (1850)*. IPNI. Retrieved 22 September 2022.

1. ["urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:699483-1"](http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=699483-1). *Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher]*. IPNI. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

1. ["Species Records of *Talinum*"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150924075426/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?11851). *Germplasm Resources Information Network*. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from [the original](http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?11851) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2010.

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