Genus: Sesuvium
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> Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Order: Caryophyllales
> Family: Aizoaceae > Subfamily: Sesuvioideae
About 12 species, native to the tropics and
subtropics, mainly African with five species native to southern Africa.
Occurs on saline dunes and beaches, and in riverbeds and marshes.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of Mozambique.
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