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Sea-purslanes
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Sea-purslanes

Sesuvium

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.

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16 branches of this genus, most-observed first

sea purslane

speciesSesuvium portulacastrum

Western Seapurslane

speciesSesuvium verrucosum

Galápagos carpet

speciesSesuvium edmonstonei

Oukraal Seapurslane

speciesSesuvium sesuvioides

Annual Sea-purslane

speciesSesuvium maritimum

Sesuvium sessile

speciesSesuvium sessile

Sesuvium hydaspicum

speciesSesuvium hydaspicum

Little-leaf Seapurslane

speciesSesuvium microphyllum

Sesuvium humifusum

speciesSesuvium humifusum

Sesuvium revolutifolium

speciesSesuvium revolutifolium

Sesuvium ayresii

speciesSesuvium ayresii

Sesuvium crithmoides

speciesSesuvium crithmoides

Sesuvium rubriflorum

speciesSesuvium rubriflorum

Sesuvium mezianum

speciesSesuvium mezianum

Sesuvium congense

speciesSesuvium congense

Texas Sea-purslane

speciesSesuvium trianthemoides

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 60117.