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3. Sesuvium Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1052. 1759.
海马齿属 hai ma chi shu
Herbs or shrubs, most parts with white bladder cells. Stems ascending, rarely creeping. Leaves opposite; petiole broadening basally forming a papery sheath clasping stem; leaf blade cylindric to obovate, fleshy. Inflorescences cymose or flowers solitary. Flowers bisexual, sessile or pedicellate. Perigone 5-parted, lobes inside often pink to purple, rarely white, oblong, ending in protracted spurs. Stamens 5 to numerous, free or inserted in perigone tube. Perigynous, ovary free from perigone tube, 3-5-loculed, ovules numerous per locule; stigmas 3-5, linear. Capsule ellipsoid, thinly walled, membranous, circumscissile. Seeds many per locule, enveloped by a black smooth aril.
About 17 species: tropical and subtropical regions; one species in China.
Lower Taxon
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