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Calandrinia
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Calandrinia

Calandrinia is a plant genus that 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.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Calandrinia section Calandrinia

sectionCalandrinia

Calandrinia section Caespitosae

sectionCaespitosae

Calandrinia villaroelii

speciesCalandrinia villaroelii

Calandrinia bracteosa

speciesCalandrinia bracteosa

Calandrinia corymbosa

speciesCalandrinia corymbosa

Calandrinia pauciflora

speciesCalandrinia pauciflora

Calandrinia minutissima

speciesCalandrinia minutissima

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49912.