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Sesuvium

L. (1759)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Aizoaceae Genus: Sesuvium

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Annual or perennial succulent herbs or subshrubs.

Stems: Stems erect to prostrate.

Roots: Fibrous root system.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Surfaces glabrous or pubescent with bladder-like hairs. Margins entire. Sessile, clasping or connate and surrounding the stem. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers solitary in the leaf axils. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Calyx of 5 sepals, connate at base. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens 5 or numerous, distinct, alternate with the petals or when numerous, inserted on the floral tube. Ovary partly superior, 2–5-celled; styles 2–5 same number as ovary cells.

Fruit: Capsules with circumscissile dehiscience. Seeds 1 to numerous per cell; perisperm oily; starchy; or proteinaceous; true endosperm absent. Stalked.

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


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Notes

  • Description digitized by Pumehana Imada
  • The generic name refers to the land of the Sesuvii, a Gallic tribe.

Bibliography

Name Published In: Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1058 (1759)

Other References

Wagner, W. L., Herbst, D. R., & Sohmer, S. H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, Vols. 1 and 2 (No. Edn 2). University of Hawai'i and Bishop Museum Press.

Occurrences

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