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''Talinopsis'' is a genus of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Anacampserotaceae The Anacampserotaceae are a family of plants proposed in the February 2010 issue of the journal ''Taxon''. The family was described by Urs Eggli and Reto Nyffeler in their analysis of the polyphyly in the suborder Portulacineae (order Caryophy ...
. 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. A succulent, it uses C3 carbon fixation.


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Monotypic Caryophyllales genera Anacampserotaceae Succulent plants Flora of New Mexico Flora of Texas Flora of Northeastern Mexico Flora of Central Mexico Flora of Southwestern Mexico Plants described in 1852 {{Caryophyllales-stub