Sesuvium

Sesuvium
Sesuvium portulacastrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Aizoaceae
Subfamily:	Sesuvioideae
Genus:	Sesuvium L.
Species
See text
Synonyms
Diplochonium Fenzl Psammanthe Hance PyxipomaFenzl [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]

Description

Raphides occur in at least the leaves and stalks of at least 3 species. ^[3]

Selected species

• Sesuvium crithmoides Welw.– Tropical sea-purslane
• Sesuvium edmonstonei Hook.f. – Galápagos carpet weed
• Sesuvium maritimum (Walter) B.S.P.– Slender sea-purslane
• Sesuvium microphyllum Willd.
• Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.– Shoreline sea-purslane
• Sesuvium sessile Pers.– Western sea-purslane
• Sesuvium trianthemoides Correll– Texas sea-purslane
• Sesuvium verrucosum Raf.– Verrucose sea-purslane ^[2]

References

1. "Sesuvium L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
2. "Sesuvium". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 17 June 2010.
3. Gulliver 1864, p. 251.

Bibliography

• Gulliver, George (1864). "Observations on Raphides and other Crystals". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Third Series. 14: 250–252.

External links

Media related to Sesuvium at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Sesuvium at Wikispecies