Trianthema

Trianthema

Synonymy

Trianthema L., Sp. Pl. 1: 223. 1753 sec. Hartmann (2001b)

• ≡Reme Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 245. 1763 syn. sec. Hartmann (1993)
• ≡Portulacastrum Juss. ex Medik., Philos. Bot.: 99. 1789 syn. sec. Hartmann (1993)
• Type: Trianthema portulacastrum L.

• =Papularia Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 69. 1775 syn. sec. Hartmann (1993)

• =Meridiana L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 248. 1782 syn. sec. Hartmann (1993)
• Type: Meridiana axilliflora Schrank

• =Ancistrostigma Fenzl in Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 293. 1840 syn. sec. Hartmann (1993)
• Type: Ancistrostigma cypseleoides Fenzl

Content

• Notes

Notes

The genus belongs to Sesuvioideae and comprises about 28 species in two monophyletic clades, T. subg. Trianthema and T. subg. Papularia (Bohley & al. 2015). The latter has been revised by Hartmann & al. (2011). Nearly all species are C₄ plants, an exception is the C₃ species T. ceratosepala Volkens & Irmsch.