Calandrinia

Calandrinia

Taxobox
name = "Calandrinia"


image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Calandrinia ciliata menziesii"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Portulacaceae
genus = "Calandrinia"
genus_authority = Kunth
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 150+, See text.

The plant genus "Calandrinia" contains many species of purslane, including the redmaids. The genus was named for Jean Louis Calandrini, an 18th century Swiss botanist. It includes around 150 species of annual herbs which bear colorful flowers in shades of red to purple and white. Plants of this genus are native to Australia, Chile, and western North America.

Species include:
* "Calandrinia ambigua" - desert redmaid
* "Calandrinia balonensis" - broadleaf parakeelya
* "Calandrinia breweri" - Brewer's redmaid
* "Calandrinia calyptrata" - pink purslane
* "Calandrinia ciliata" - fringed redmaid
* "Calandrinia corrigioloides" - strap purslane
* "Calandrinia eremaea" - twining purslane
* "Calandrinia galapagosa"
* "Calandrinia grandiflora" - rock purslane
* "Calandrinia maritima" - seaside calandrinia
* "Calandrinia polyandra"
* "Calandrinia umbellata" - rock purslane


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