Sesuvium

Sesuvium is a genus of flowering plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. The roughly eight species it contains are commonly known as sea-purslanes.^[2]

Sesuvium
Sesuvium portulacastrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Aizoaceae
Subfamily:	Sesuvioideae
Genus:	Sesuvium L.
Species
See text
Synonyms
Diplochonium Fenzl Psammanthe Hance Pyxipoma Fenzl[1]

Description

Raphides occur in at least the leaves and stalks of at least 3 species.^[3]

Selected species

• Sesuvium crithmoides Welw. – Tropical sea-purslane
• Sesuvium edmonstonei Hook.f. – Galápagos carpet weed
• Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) B.S.P. – Slender sea-purslane
• Sesuvium microphyllum Willd.
• Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L. – Shoreline sea-purslane
• Sesuvium sessile Pers. – Western sea-purslane
• Sesuvium trianthemoides Correll – Texas sea-purslane
• Sesuvium verrucosum Raf. – Verrucose sea-purslane^[2]