Calandrinia
| Calandrinia | |
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| Calandrinia colchaguensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Montiaceae |
| Genus: | Calandrinia Kunth |
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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.
Species include:
- 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 feltonii - Felton's flower
- Calandrinia galapagosa
- Calandrinia grandiflora - rock purslane
- Calandrinia maritima - seaside calandrinia
- Calandrinia polyandra
- Calandrinia umbellata - rock purslane
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