| Talinum paniculatum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Talinaceae |
| Genus: | Talinum |
| Species: | T. paniculatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Talinum paniculatum | |
Talinum paniculatum is a succulent subshrub in the family Talinaceae that is native to much of North and South America, and the Caribbean countries.[1] It is commonly known as fameflower,[1] Jewels-of-Opar[1] (a name borrowed from the title of the novel Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs[2]), or pink baby's-breath.[1]
- ^ a b c d Under its current treatment as Talinum paniculatum (from its basionym Portulaca paniculata), this species was published in De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum … 2:219. 1791. "Talinum paniculatum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
- ^ Jewels-of-Opar, Mississippi State University