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Genus: Sesuvium

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots > Order: Caryophyllales > Family: Aizoaceae > Subfamily: Sesuvioideae

About 12 species, native to the tropics and subtropics, mainly African with five species native to southern Africa. Occurs on saline dunes and beaches, and in riverbeds and marshes.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Sesuvium hydaspicum

 

Sesuvium mesembryanthemoides

 

Sesuvium nyasicum

 

Sesuvium portulacastrum

 

Sesuvium sesuvioides

 

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