Biology:Talinopsis

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Short description: Genus of Anacampserotaceae plants

Talinopsis
Talinopsis frutescens.jpg
Talinopsis frutescens
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Anacampserotaceae
Genus: Talinopsis
A.Gray[2]
Species:
T. frutescens
Binomial name
Talinopsis frutescens
A.Gray[1]
Synonyms[3]

Grahamia frutescens (A.Gray) G.D.Rowley

Talinopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Anacampserotaceae. It has only one currently accepted species, Talinopsis frutescens, native to the US states on New Mexico and Texas, and northeast, central and southwest Mexico.[4] A succulent, it uses C3 carbon fixation.[5]

References

  1. Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 15 (1852)
  2. Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 14 (1852)
  3. "Talinopsis frutescens A.Gray". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316878-2. 
  4. "Talinopsis A.Gray". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:32723-1. 
  5. Ocampo, Gilberto; Columbus, J. Travis (2010). "Molecular phylogenetics of suborder Cactineae (Caryophyllales), including insights into photosynthetic diversification and historical biogeography". American Journal of Botany 97 (11): 1827–1847. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000227. PMID 21616822. 

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