Sesuvium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Aizoaceae
Subfamilia: Sesuvioideae
Tribus: Sesuvieae
Genus: Sesuvium
Species: S. ayresii – S. congense – S. crithmoides – S. distylum – S. edmonstonei – S. humifusum – S. maritimum – S. mesembryanthemoides – S. mezianum – S. microphyllum – S. nyasicum – S. portulacastrum – S. rubriflorum – S. sesuvioides – S. trianthemoides – S. verrucosum
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2018. Sesuvium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 13. Reference page.

Name

Sesuvium L. (1758)

Type species: S. portulacastrum (L.) L.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Halimus Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 263. 1891, non P.Browne (1756), nec Wallr. (1822).

Heterotypic
Diplochonium Fenzl, in Endl. & Fenzl, Nov. Stirp. Dec. 57. 1839.
Type species: D. sesuvioides Fenzl
Psammanthe Hance in Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 2: 659. 1852, non Rchb. (1841).
Type species: P. marina Hance
Pyxipoma Fenzl, Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 293. 1840.
Type species: P. polyandra (Blume) Fenzl

References

Linnaeus, C. 1758: Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1052, 1058, 1371.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Sesuvium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Sesuvium. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 13 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Sesuvium in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 13.
Tropicos.org 2018. Sesuvium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 13.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Sesuvium. .

Vernacular names
English: sea purslane

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

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

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