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|accepted_name=Sesuvium
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|place=10, 2: 1052, 1058, 1371. 1759
|year=1759
}}
|common_names=Sea-purslane
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Aizoaceae;Sesuvium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Aizoaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sesuvium]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin Sesuvium, apparently the country of the Sesuvii, a Gallic tribe mentioned by Caesar; reason for application to this genus unknown
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 76, 77
|treatment_page=page 80
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>[shrubs], annual or perennial, succulent, usually papillate. <b>Roots</b> fibrous. <b>Stems</b> prostrate to erect, forming mats; rooting at nodes in some species. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, opposite, those of each pair equal; stipules absent; petiole bases clasping to ± connate, ± widened, margins usually scarious; blade usually flat, linear to spatulate or ovate, tapered, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, flowers solitary or in cymes, sessile or pedicellate; bracts absent or 2. <b>Flowers</b>: hypanthium obconic; calyx lobes 5, reddish adaxially, usually hooded near tip; petals and petaloid staminodia absent; stamens [1–]5–30, often connate proximally; pistil 2–5-carpellate; ovary half inferior, 2–5-loculed; placentation axile; ovules to 60; styles 2–5, papillate; stigmas 2–5. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, ovoid to obconic, dehiscence circumscissile. <b>Seeds</b> to 60, black to brown, arillate, usually reniform, shiny or dull, smooth or rugose.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tropical;subtropical;and temperate North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 8 (4 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Sesuvium</i> crithmoides Welwitsch, a west African perennial with linear leaves and sessile flowers, has been reported from waste places along wharves in Georgia (J. K. Small 1933); it apparently is not naturalized in the flora.</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stamens 5; styles and locules 2-3; plants annual
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stamens 30; styles and locules 5; plants perennial
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Seeds smooth, 1 mm
|[[Sesuvium maritimum|Sesuvium maritimum]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Seeds rugose, 1.5 mm
|[[Sesuvium trianthemoides|Sesuvium trianthemoides]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Pedicels 1-20 mm; stems rooting at nodes; seeds 1.2-1.5 mm
|[[Sesuvium portulacastrum|Sesuvium portulacastrum]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Pedicels absent or to 2 mm; stems not rooting at nodes; seeds 0.8-1 mm
|[[Sesuvium verrucosum|Sesuvium verrucosum]]
|}
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name=Sesuvium
|author=Wayne R. Ferren Jr.
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Aizoaceae
|distribution=Tropical;subtropical;and temperate North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|publication year=1759
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_163.xml
|genus=Sesuvium
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