- Family:
- Aizoaceae Martinov
Sesuvium L.

[FTEA]
Aïzoaceae, C. Jeffrey. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1961
- Morphology General Habit
- Erect, decumbent or creeping succulent annual or perennial herbs or sub-shrubs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite, subopposite, or alternate, sessile or petiolate, linear, lanceolate, oblong, elliptic or ovate, entire, succulent
- Morphology Leaves Stipules
- Stipules absent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers axillary, solitary, sessile or pedunculate, bibracteolate, hermaphrodite, regular
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx gamosepalous, 5-partite; calyx-lobes triangular, dorsally apiculate, green outside, coloured inside; calyx-tube short, obconical
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 5-many, free or connate at the base, inserted in the mouth of the calyx-tube
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
- Carpels 2–5, superior, united; ovary 2–5-locular; styles 2–5; ovules many; placentation axile
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a circumscissile capsule, the lid remaining whole
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds several to many, black.
[FZ]
Aizoaceae, M. L. Gonçalves. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978
- Morphology General Habit
- Prostrate or semi-prostrate succulent annual or perennial herbs.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, opposite or subopposite, usually petiolate and unequal, lanceolate, oblong or elliptic, entire, succulent, without stipules.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers axillary, solitary, regular, hermaphrodite, sessile or pedunculate, 2-bracteolate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Perianth 5-partite; lobes triangular, spreading, dorsally apiculate behind the tip, green outside, pink or purple inside; tube short, obconical.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 5–?, free, inserted at the mouth of the perianth-tube.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
- Carpels 2–3, superior, united; ovary 2–3-locular; styles 2–3; ovules ?; placentation axile.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a conical circumscissile capsule, the lid pointed, remaining whole, thin-walled, the lower part thickened below the line of dehiscence or all over.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds several-?, black, rounded, with a prominent hilum, smooth or rugose.
Native to:
Alabama, Aldabra, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cabinda, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Chad, Chile North, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Guinea, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Niger, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Somalia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Utah, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Virginia, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, Western Sahara, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Iran, Lebanon-Syria
- Sesuvium ayresii Marais
- Sesuvium congense Welw. ex Oliv.
- Sesuvium crithmoides Welw.
- Sesuvium edmonstonei Hook.f.
- Sesuvium humifusum (Turpin) Bohley & G.Kadereit
- Sesuvium hydaspicum (Edgew.) Gonç.
- Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
- Sesuvium mezianum (K.Müll.) Bohley & G.Kadereit
- Sesuvium parviflorum DC.
- Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.
- Sesuvium revolutifolium Ortega
- Sesuvium rubriflorum (Urb.) Bohley & G.Kadereit
- Sesuvium sesuvioides (Fenzl) Verdc.
- Sesuvium trianthemoides Correll
Sesuvium L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1058 (1759)
Accepted by
- Bohley, K., Winter, P.J.D. & Kadereit, G. (2017). A revision of Sesuvium (Aizoaceae, Sesuvioideae) Systematic Botany 42: 124-147.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 2: 585.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Syst. Nat. ed. 10: 1058 (1759).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Syst. Nat., ed. 10: 1058 (1759)
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Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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