Sesuvium maritimum

Sesuvium maritimum

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Sesuvium
Species:
S. maritimum
Binomial name
Sesuvium maritimum
(Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
Synonyms[2]
  • Sesuvium pentandrum Elliott
  • Mollugo maritima Ser.
  • Pharnaceum maritimum Walter

Sesuvium maritimum is an annual herbaceous plant native to southeastern North America in the family Aizoaceae.[3] This species is commonly known as the annual or slender sea purslane or Puerto Rico Sea-purslane.[3][4][1] It can be found on sandy beaches, salt marshes, or other coastal regions.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference natureserve was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Sesuvium maritimum". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b Bohley, Katharina; Winter, Pieter J. D.; Kadereit, Gudrun (2017-03-01). "A Revision of Sesuvium (Aizoaceae, Sesuvioideae)". Systematic Botany. 42 (1): 124–147. doi:10.1600/036364417x694575. ISSN 0363-6445. S2CID 90185418.
  4. ^ a b Boetsch, John R. (2002). "The Aizoaceae and Molluginaceae of the Southeastern United States". Castanea. 67 (1): 42–53. ISSN 0008-7475. JSTOR 4034315.
  5. ^ Radford, Albert E. (1968). Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Harry E. Ahles, C. Ritchie Bell. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-1087-8. OCLC 355003.