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Talinum portulacifolium

Talinum portulacifolium

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened plants listIUCN: Least Concern
Talinum portulacifolium (Talinum portulacifolium)

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Scientific name
Talinum portulacifolium
Family
Talinaceae, order Caryophyllales
Group
Plant
Conservation status
Least Concern

A pink-flowered succulent of rocky ground.

  • Spot it Pink flowers on slender stems above fleshy leaves.
  • Home Rocks in Jodhpur and Barmer.
  • Food web Small bees visit the flowers.
  • Why it matters A rare rock-dweller that feeds small pollinators; the Board calls it very rare.
Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened plants of Rajasthan, for rocks in Jodhpur and Barmer.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board describes it as a shrub of the Portulacaceae family.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board's remark: very rare.[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. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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