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2394.000 Sesuvium
Description of the genus
Prostrate succulent annual or pernnial herbs. Leaves alternate or opposite. Stipules 0. Flowers solitary, axillary, actinomorphic. Perianth segments 5; lobes trangular, apiculate from the back just below the apex; green outside, pink or purple inside. Stamens 5-numerous, free, inserted at mouth of perianth tube. Ovary superior, consisting of 2-3 united carpels, 2-3-locular, with numerous ovules per loculus. Styles 2-3. Fruit a conical circumscissile capsule with a pointed lid. Seeds black with a prominent hilum. Worldwide: 12 species in warm regions of the world. Mozambique: 2 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| hydaspicum (Edgew.) Gonç. | T | Description, Image |
| portulacastrum (L.) L. | N,Z,GI,M | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Sesuvium:
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Flora of Botswana: SesuviumFlora of Malawi: Sesuvium
Flora of Zambia: Sesuvium
Flora of Zimbabwe: Sesuvium
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): SesuviumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sesuvium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sesuvium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sesuvium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Sesuvium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sesuvium
JSTOR Plant Science: Sesuvium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sesuvium
Plants of the World Online: Sesuvium
Tropicos: Sesuvium
Wikipedia: Sesuvium
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