Talinopsis | |
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Talinopsis frutescens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Anacampserotaceae |
Genus: | Talinopsis A.Gray[2] |
Species: | T. frutescens
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Binomial name | |
Talinopsis frutescens | |
Synonyms[3] | |
Grahamia frutescens (A.Gray) G.D.Rowley |
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]