TABLE 1 in Data from: A revision of Sesuvium (Aizoaceae, Sesuvioideae)

TABLE 1. Selected traits of Sesuoium and Cypselea. 1) Life form: p = perennial; a = annual. 2) Halophyte: + = yes; - = no;? = no information. 3) Number of stamens. 4) Number of carpels. 5) Pseudostipules fimbriate. 6) Nearly all organs with a dense cover of protruding bladder cell idioblasts. 7) Regularly rooting at nodes. 8) More than 1 pair of bracts. 9) Succulence of leaves: m = moderate / mostly flat; s = succulent; t = (almost) terete. 10) Size of seeds (mm).
Taxon12345678910C. humifusuma-32+m0.2C. mezianap+33+m?C. rubriflorap+52+m0.2S. congensep+∞2–3+t0.9S. crithmoidesp+∞3–5++t∼1.0S. edmonstoneip+∞2+t∼1.0S. hydaspicuma?5–72(m–)s1.0–1.3S. maritimuma+53–5m0.8–0.9S. mesembryanthemoidesp+∞3–5++t?S. portulacastrump+∞3–5+s∼1.0S. sesuvioidesp+(5–)∞2(m–)s∼1.0S. trianthemoidesa?52m1.0–1.2S. verrucosump+∞3–5+s0.8–1.0