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]

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

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

References

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  1. ^ Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 15 (1852)
  2. ^ Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 14 (1852)
  3. ^ "Talinopsis frutescens A.Gray". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Talinopsis A.Gray". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  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.