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Talinum cuneifolium

Talinum cuneifolium

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened plants list
Talinum cuneifolium (Talinum cuneifolium)

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Scientific name
Talinum cuneifolium
Family
Talinaceae, order Caryophyllales
Group
Plant

Tiny pink stars on a fleshy herb.

  • Spot it Small pink flowers and fleshy leaves.
  • Home Dry rocks and open ground.
  • Food web Small bees visit the flowers.
  • Why it matters Covers bare rocky ground and feeds small pollinators.
Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened plants of Rajasthan, for Pali.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board describes it as a undershrub of the Portulacaceae family.[2]

Sources

  1. Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Plants of Rajasthan (55 plants) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
  2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  3. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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