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Taxon:  Talinum fruticosum (L.) Juss.



Summary
Genus:
Talinum
Family:
Talinaceae
Nomen number:
402262
Place of publication:
Gen. pl. 312. 1789
Comment:
the formerly disregarded basionym, Portulaca fruticosa L., was effectively lectotypified by Wijnands & Westphal-Stevels in Taxon 34:309. 1985, making it homotypic with T. triangulare (Jacq.) Willd., over which it has priority
Verified:
02/19/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Portulaca fruticosa L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Portulaca triangularis Jacq.
Talinum crassifolium (Jacq.) Willd.
Talinum triangulare (Jacq.) Willd.
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Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581. 1996
  2. Boggan, J. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. 1997
  3. Brummitt, R. K. 1988. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 35. Taxon 37:445.
  4. Dubs, B. Prodromus florae matogrossensis. Botany of Mato Grosso, series B, no. 3. 1998
  5. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  6. Funk, V. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584. 2007
  7. Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. Flora of the Guianas. 1986-
  8. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  9. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. 1999
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  11. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  12. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
  13. Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. 1995-
  14. Wijnands, D. O. & J. M. C. Westphal-Stevels. 1985. (785) Proposal to change the citation and nomenclature of the conserved type of 2406 Talinum Adanson. Taxon 34:309-310.
  15. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74. 1996, 1999
  16. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
Ceylon-spinach –
Philippine-spinach –
Surinam-purslane –
sweetheart –
waterleaf –
Dutch
Surinaamsche postelein –
French
grand pourpier –
grassé –
grassé grand pourpier –
pourpier tropical –
German
Blatt-Ginseng –
Ceylonspinat –
Javaspinat –
India
pasali –
Portuguese
beldroega-graúda –
lustrosa-grande –
Spanish
espinaca de Filipinas –
espinaca de Java –
espinaca de Surinam –
verdolago francés –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern America Mexico  
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and BarbudaAntigua 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBahamas  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBarbados  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCayman Islands  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominican Republic  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMontserrat  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanPuerto Rico  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Kitts and Nevis  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and GrenadinesSt. Vincent 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanVirgin Islands (U.S.)  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
2Cultivated     
4Naturalized     
5UncertainSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
5UncertainSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
Native
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda [Antigua], Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and Grenadines [St. Vincent], Virgin Islands (U.S.)
  • MESOAMERICA: Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Cultivated ()
Naturalized ()
Uncertain
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Paraguay, Uruguay
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 4:430.
Human foodvegetable FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
Weed  Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=402262. Accessed 1 November 2024.

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