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Syntype of Talinum indicum Wight & Arn. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Wight, Robert, #1167
None
Specimens
India
E
Syntype of Talinum indicum Wight & Arn. [family PORTULACACEAE]
Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE] (stored under name)

Filed as Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Miller, Anthony G.; Bazar'a, M.; Guarino., L.&Kassim, N., #M.10213
1990-02-01
Specimens
Yemen
E
Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE] (stored under name)

Filed as Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Hemp,A., #1725
1997-11-21
Specimens
Tanzania
UBT
Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Hemp, A.

Filed as Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Gossweiler, John, #28
None
Specimens
Angola
COI
Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Mendonca, Francisco de Ascensao, 1935
Talinum cuneifolium (Vahl) Willd. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Filed as Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Gossweiler, John, #1515
1904-06-01
Specimens
Angola
COI
Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Mendonca, Francisco de Ascensao, 1935
Talinum cuneifolium (Vahl) Willd. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Filed as Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Latilo, M.G.;Fagbemi, A., #s.n.
1972-10-21
Specimens
Nigeria
FHI
Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Latilo,M.G., 1972/11

Talinum portulacifolium (Forsk.) Asch. & Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 1,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Reference Sources
Stout perennial herb, woody below, to 3 ft. high; flowers pink, rare in our area.

Filed as Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Latilo, M.G., #s.n.
1967-08-01
Specimens
Nigeria
FHI
Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Latilo, M. G., 1967/08

Filed as Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Gossweiler, John, #10632
1937-01-01
Specimens
Angola
COI
Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Exell, Arthur Wallis

Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 4
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Reference Sources
None

Lectotype of Talinum cuneifolium var. tuberculatum Poelln. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Not on sheet, #10603
02-06-1915
Specimens
Tanzania
B
Lectotype of Talinum cuneifolium var. tuberculatum Poelln. [family PORTULACACEAE]; Verified by Phillips, S.M.,
Talinum portulacifolium Asch. ex Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE] (stored under name);

TALINUM portulacifolium (Forssk.) Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Reference Sources
N1, 2; C2; S1, 2 widespread in tropical Africa, also in Arabia and eastwards to India.
Perennial herb, thickened rootstock usually producing annual stems to 1 m high including inflorescence, sometimes scandent to 2 m high in bushes; all parts glabrous. Leaves ± fleshy, sessile, 2–9(–14.5) x 1–3(–5.5) cm, obovate to oblanceolate, base cuneate, apex rounded-mucronate. Inflorescence a terminal, elongated, often raceme-like, panicle; lower bracts leaf-like, upper much smaller; lateral peduncles 1–3(–6)-flowered, to 15 mm long. Pedicels 7–15 mm long, curving down in fruit; bracteoles 1–4 mm long, membranous. Sepals 4–6 mm long, ovate, tip apiculate. Petals obovate, 9–12 x 5–6 mm, purple, sometimes paler, almost white. Stamens c. 25, filaments yellow. Capsule globose, 5–7 mm diam. Seeds c. 1.2 mm diam., black, glossy, obscurely patterned with concentric rings of oblong cells.

TALINUM portulacifolium (Forssk.) Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE]

Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2002) Author: SYLVIA M. PHILLIPS
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Reference Sources
DISTR. U 1–4; K 1–7; T 1–3, 5–7 Nigeria to Ethiopia and Eritrea, southwards to northern South Africa; also in SW Arabia
Perennial herb, occasionally softly woody, smooth, grey stems sprawling from the thickened root, flowering stems succulent, stiffly ascending to 1 m, or sometimes semi-scandent to 2 m through other vegetation. Leaves slightly fleshy, broadly obovate to obovate-oblong, 2–8 cm long, 1–3.5 cm wide, cuneate to a short petiole, apex broadly rounded, apiculate. Inflorescence a terminal thyrsiform panicle, or appearing racemose, the flowers in lateral cymes on a central axis 7–30 cm long, individual cymes 1–several-flowered, subsessile or stiffly pedunculate; pedicels 1–2 cm long, recurving in fruit. Flowers 2–2.5 cm wide, opening towards evening; sepals broadly ovate, concave, thinly membranous, 4–5.5 mm long, apiculate; petals obovate, usually magenta, sometimes crimson, pink or rarely white; stamens ± 25, filaments magenta, anthers yellow; ovary green. Capsule globose, dull yellowish, 6–7 mm high; seeds lenticular, subreniform, ± 1 mm in diameter, black, glossy, testa cells in concentric rings, smooth or sparsely to prominently dotted, a single peg-like papilla in the centre of some (rarely all) testa cells, especially on the flanks.

Talinum portulacifolium Forsk. Aschers. ex Schweinf. [family PORTULACACEAE]

FZ, Vol 1, Part 2, page 362, (1961) Author: H. Wild
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Reference Sources
Widely distributed through Africa from the Cape Province to Ethiopia
Perennial glabrous herb with annual branches c. 1 m. tall from a thickened rootstock. Leaves subfleshy, almost sessile, 2–9 (14·5) × 1–3 (5·5) cm., obovate to oblanceolate, apex rounded or obtuse, mucronate, cuneate at the base. Inflorescence a terminal, elongated, racemose panicle or raceme; lower bracts leaf-like but diminishing in size upwards; peduncles c. 1·5 cm. long with 1–3 (6) flowers per peduncle; pedicels 0·7–1·5 cm. long, recurved in fruit; bracteoles 1–4 mm. long, membranous, ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate. Sepals 4–6 mm. long, ovate, apex apiculate. Petals purplish, rose-pink or almost white, 9–12 × 5–6 mm., obovate. Stamens c. 25, with yellow filaments 3–4 mm. long. Ovary ovoid; style c. 1·5 mm. long; stigmas 3, spreading. Capsule 5–7 mm. in diam., globose, shining yellow-green. Seeds 30–40, c. 1·2 mm. in diam., black, shining, subreniform, obscurely patterned with concentric rings of oblong cells.