Overview
Taxonomy
The Tribe Sesameae is a member of the Subfamily Rhododendroideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Sesameae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Asteridae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Lamianae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Order: Lamiales
Bromhead, 1838
- Family: Pedaliaceae
(ser-uh-toh-THEK-uh)
R. Brown, 1810, nom. cons.
- Subfamily: Rhododendroideae
- Tribe: Sesameae
- Subfamily: Rhododendroideae
- Family: Pedaliaceae
(ser-uh-toh-THEK-uh)
R. Brown, 1810, nom. cons.
- Order: Lamiales
Bromhead, 1838
- Superorder: Lamianae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Subclass: Asteridae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
The Tribe Sesameae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (5): Ceratotheca · Dicerocaryum · Josephinia · Linariopsis · Sesamum
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 93 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Sesameae.
Genera
Ceratotheca
Dicerocaryum
Josephinia
Linariopsis
Sesamum
Sesamum is a genus of approximately 20 species in the flowering plant family Pedaliaceae. The plants are annual or perennial herbs with edible seeds. The best-known member of the genus is sesame, Sesamum indicum (syn. Sesamum orientale), the source of sesame seeds. The species are primarily African, with some species occurring in India, Sri Lanka, and China. The origin of S. indicum is uncertain as it is widely cultivated and naturalized in tropical regions. The genus is closely related to the strictly African genus Ceratotheca and is itself probably African in origin. [more]
At least 64 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Sesamum.
More info about the Genus Sesamum may be found here.
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