Sesuvium

Sesuvium
Sesuvium portulacastrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Subfamily: Sesuvioideae
Genus: Sesuvium
L.
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Diplochonium Fenzl
Psammanthe Hance
Pyxipoma Fenzl[1]

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]

Selected species

References

  1. "Sesuvium L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  2. 1 2 "Sesuvium". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 June 2010.

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