Calandrinia

Calandrinia
Calandrinia colchaguensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Montiaceae
Genus:	Calandrinia Kunth
Species
150+, See text.

Calandrinia is a plant genus first described by Kunth^[1] 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 ^[2].

Species include^[3].:

• Calandrinia balonensis - broadleaf parakeelya
• Calandrinia breweri - Brewer's redmaid
• Calandrinia calyptrata - pink purslane
• Calandrinia ciliata - fringed redmaid
• Calandrinia corrigioloides - strap purslane
• Calandrinia elegans
• Calandrinia eremaea - twining purslane
• Calandrinia feltonii - Felton's flower
• Calandrinia galapagosa
• Calandrinia grandiflora - rock purslane
• Calandrinia granulifera Pygmy Purslane
• Calandrinia maritima - seaside calandrinia
• Calandrinia polyandra
• Calandrinia umbellata - rock purslane

References

External links

• GBIF: Distribution map of collections of Calandrinia. Accessed February 27, 2018.
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Calandrinia. Published online. Accessed February 27, 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Calandrinia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: February 27, 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Calandrinia: Accepted species in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: February 27, 2018.
• Google Image Search: Calandrinia