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Calandrinia section Calandrinia
Calandrinia
Calandrinia is a genus of flowering plants known as purslanes and redmaids. It includes 37 species of annual and perennial herbs which bear colourful flowers in shades of red to purple and white. Species of this genus are native to the Americas, including western and southern South America, Central America, and western North America. Some species have been introduced to parts of Australia, New Zealand, southern Africa, Asia, and Europe. Over 60 species native to Australia...
10 branches of this group, most-observed first

redmaids
speciesCalandrinia menziesii

Brewer's redmaids
speciesCalandrinia breweri

Curnow's Curse
speciesCalandrinia compressa

fringed redmaids
speciesCalandrinia ciliata

Calandrinia alba
speciesCalandrinia alba

Calandrinia monandra
speciesCalandrinia monandra
Calandrinia nitida
speciesCalandrinia nitida
Calandrinia jompomae
speciesCalandrinia jompomae
Calandrinia pilosiuscula
speciesCalandrinia pilosiuscula
Calandrinia bonariensis
speciesCalandrinia bonariensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 1679212.