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Sesuvium hydaspicum

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Filed as Sesuvium hydaspicum M. L. Goncalves [family AIZOACEAE]

Isolectotype of Trianthema polysperma Hochst. ex Oliv. [family AIZOACEAE]

Filed as Sesuvium hydaspicum (Edgew.) Gonç. [family AIZOACEAE]

Isolectotype of Trianthema polysperma Hochst. ex Oliv. [family AIZOACEAE]

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Name

Identification

Sesuvium hydaspicum (Edgew.) Gonç. [family AIZOACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Laegaard S., 1997

Flora

Entry for SESUVIUM hydaspicum (Edgew.) M.L. Gonçalves [family AIZOACEAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Reference Sources

Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

SESUVIUM hydaspicum (Edgew.) M.L. Gonçalves [family AIZOACEAE], (1965);

Trianthema hydaspica Edgew. [family AIZOACEAE], (1862). [type as above]

Trianthema polysperma Oliv. [family AIZOACEAE], (1871).

SESUVIUM sesuvioides (Fenzl.) Verdc. [family AIZOACEAE], (1957) s. lat., non s. str.

Prostrate or straggling annual or short-lived perennial herb; all parts glabrous. Stems usually rough with small warty outgrowths, not rooting at nodes. Leaves opposite, subopposite or alternate (by reduction); petiole 3–10 mm long, only slightly expanded at base; blade elliptic to ovate, 7–20 x 2–11 mm, base narrowing into petiole, tip rounded. Flowers sessile. Perianth 5–14 mm long, tube c. 2/5ths as long, tepals narrowly triangular, sinuses between them extending into short horns, tips acute with subapical apiculus 1–2 mm long, inside pink. Stamens 5–many, free. Ovary 2-celled; styles 2. Seeds 2–10 per cell, rugose, black.

N1 Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan west to Cape Verde

near sea shore.

SOMALIA Bally & Melville 16137; Hemming 2364.

Distribution (external)

South Africa (Cape Province)

This species was once included within S. sesuvioides, but Gonçalves believes that this name should be used only for certain Angolan and Namibian material with smooth seeds.