Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.

/Of
National Tropical Botanical Garden
National Geographic Society, 2002 Rapa iti Expedition
Sesuvium portulacastrum L.	Aizoaceae
French Polynesia, Austral Islands, Rapa. Vavai, coastal shelf
below Mt Perau, between Puero Bay and Kuturoa Pt., 20 ft el.
27°35.26' S, 144°22.00' W.
w/ flowrs, succulent vines on cliffs. Degraded Pandanus forest w/
Metrosideros, Hedyotis rapensis (coastal variety), Capparis,
Lycium, Plantago rapensis, Nephrolepis, Myoporum, Ischaemum,
Scirpus, Peperomia, Colocasia, Mentha, Sesuvium, Miscanthus,
Commelina, Cardamine, Zoyzia, Bidens pilosa, Sonchus.
Steve Perlman 18,055	Apr. 11, 2002
w/ T. Motley & R. Fenstemacher
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