''Talinopsis'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
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.
References
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
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