Talinum afrum(TALCA)
Overview Code created in: 2021-05-27
- EPPO Code: TALCA
- Preferred name: Talinum afrum
- Authority: (Thunberg) Ecklon & Zeyher
Note that in 2024 the International Botanical Congress voted to replace words such as caffra, which is considered a racial slur, and appears in over 300 plants, fungi and algae names, with the words afra, afrorum, and afrum to denote their African origins.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Portulaca afra | Thunberg |
| Portulaca caffra | Thunberg |
| Talinum caffrum | (Thunberg) Ecklon & Zeyher |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Basal core eudicots (
1CEUD )
Order
Caryophyllales (
1CAFO )
Family
Talinaceae (
1TALF )
Genus
Talinum (
1TALG )
Species
Talinum afrum (
TALCA )