2394.000 Sesuvium L.

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.

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

Sesuvium hydaspicum

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hydaspicum (Edgew.) Gonç.N,W,C,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Sesuvium:

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Flora of Botswana: Sesuvium
Flora of Malawi: Sesuvium
Flora of Mozambique: Sesuvium
Flora of Zambia: Sesuvium

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sesuvium
BHL (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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Sesuvium.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=557, retrieved 28 March 2024

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