Talinum paniculatum

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Family Portulacaceae

Taxonomy: Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Claytonia paniculata (Jacq.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Portulaca paniculata Jacq. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Mesaglio_2022 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (18), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 42 traits from 52 records in 8 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): pink (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_width (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 65 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1); spathulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); obtuse (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2); subshrub (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
pollination_system (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnynnnnnnnnn (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2]
storage_organ (categorical): root_tuber (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

seed morphology

seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.6 m (0.6-0.6 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
eFLOWER_2021	17	20	J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
NHNSW_2023	15	18	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_2	5	5	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Mesaglio_2022	1	1	T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
Stephens_2023	1	1	R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.