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Sesuvium
Genus of succulents From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sesuvium is a genus of flowering plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Its species are commonly known as sea-purslanes.[2] The genus includes 14 species native to the tropics and subtropics around the world.[1]
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Description
Raphides occur in at least the leaves and stalks of at least 3 species.[3]
Species
14 species are accepted.[1]
- Sesuvium ayresii Marais
- Sesuvium congense Welw. ex Oliv.
- Sesuvium crithmoides Welw. – Tropical sea-purslane
- Sesuvium edmonstonei Hook.f. – Galápagos carpet weed
- Sesuvium humifusum (Turpin) Bohley & G.Kadereit
- Sesuvium hydaspicum (Edgew.) Gonç.
- Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. – Slender sea-purslane
- Sesuvium mezianum (K.Müll.) Bohley & G.Kadereit
- Sesuvium parviflorum DC.
- Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L. – Shoreline sea-purslane
- Sesuvium revolutifolium Ortega (synonym Sesuvium verrucosum Raf.) – Verrucose sea-purslane[2]
- Sesuvium rubriflorum (Urb.) Bohley & G.Kadereit
- Sesuvium sesuvioides (Fenzl) Verdc.
- Sesuvium trianthemoides Correll – Texas sea-purslane
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