{{Short description|Genus of succulents}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Starr 040514-0095 Sesuvium portulacastrum.jpg |image_caption = ''Sesuvium portulacastrum'' |taxon = Sesuvium |authority = L. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |synonyms = *''Cypselea'' {{small|Turpin}} *''Halimus'' {{small|Rumph. ex Kuntze}} *''Psammanthe'' <small>Hance</small> *''Pyxipoma'' <small>Fenzl</small> *''Radiana'' {{small|Raf.}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Sesuvium'' L. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30013817-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=13 October 2025}}</ref> }}
'''''Sesuvium''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Its species are commonly known as '''sea-purslanes'''.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=19903 |taxon=''Sesuvium'' |accessdate=17 June 2010 }}</ref> The genus includes 14 species native to the tropics and subtropics around the world.<ref name = powo/>
==Description== Raphides occur in at least the leaves and stalks of at least 3 species.{{sfn|Gulliver|1864|p=251}}
==Species== 14 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> * ''Sesuvium ayresii'' {{small|Marais}} * ''Sesuvium congense'' {{small|Welw. ex Oliv.}} * ''Sesuvium crithmoides'' <small>Welw.</small> – Tropical sea-purslane * ''Sesuvium edmonstonei'' <small>Hook.f.</small> – Galápagos carpet weed * ''Sesuvium humifusum'' {{small|(Turpin) Bohley & G.Kadereit}} * ''Sesuvium hydaspicum'' {{small|(Edgew.) Gonç.}} * ''Sesuvium maritimum'' <small>(Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.</small> – Slender sea-purslane * ''Sesuvium mezianum'' {{small|(K.Müll.) Bohley & G.Kadereit}} * ''Sesuvium parviflorum'' {{small|DC.}} * ''Sesuvium portulacastrum'' <small>(L.) L.</small> – Shoreline sea-purslane * ''Sesuvium revolutifolium'' {{small|Ortega}} (synonym ''Sesuvium verrucosum'' <small>Raf.</small>) – Verrucose sea-purslane<ref name="ITIS"/> * ''Sesuvium rubriflorum'' {{small|(Urb.) Bohley & G.Kadereit}} * ''Sesuvium sesuvioides'' {{small|(Fenzl) Verdc.}} * ''Sesuvium trianthemoides'' <small>Correll</small> – Texas sea-purslane
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Bibliography== * {{cite journal |date=1864 |first=George |last=Gulliver |author-link=George Gulliver |title=Observations on Raphides and other Crystals |pages=250–252 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22249699 |journal=The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology |series=Third Series |volume=14}}
==External links== {{commons category-inline|Sesuvium|''Sesuvium''}} {{Wikispecies-inline}}
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Category:Sesuvium Category:Aizoaceae genera Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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