| Common Names - Purslane Family | Synonyms - |
| Authority - Juss. | Total Number of genera - 32 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 580 |
| Plant forms - Trees. Shrubs, Herbs |
| World Distribution - Cosmopolitan, esp. W. America. Temperate to tropical. Cosmopolitan, except for frigid zones. it has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the highest diversity in
semi-arid regions of the Southern Hemisphere in Africa, Australia, and South America, but with a few species also extending north into Arctic regions.
Although Inside Wood lists Talinum guadalupense, More research is needed to see
What genera and species might be woody. There seems to be woody members in
Hectorella caespitosa (New Zealand) and Lyallia kergelensis (Kergulen Island in the
Indian Ocean). |
| Comments - Assigned by APG II under order Caryophyllales |