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Aizoaceae
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Zoya Akulova  
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Succulent herbs with CAM photosynthesis and simple opposite succulent leaves with pinnate venation, epidermis with many large, bladderlike cells. Flowers are solitary or cymose, with uniserate perianth, a hypanthium, and many stamens. Ovary is inferior or superior, usually with axile placentation and the presence of betalains. Fruit usually a loculicidal, septicidal or circumcissile capsule.  
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Species within checklist: Kansas
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Sesuvium maritimum
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Sesuvium verrucosum
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