Interesting Facts
Description
Genus Sesbania
Trees
, shrubs
or herbs. Leaf paripinnate
, leaflets
entire, stipels
present or absent; stipules caducous
. Inflorescence an axillary
raceme
. Pedicel present; bract and bracteoles mostly caducous. Calyx tube
truncate
or lobed
or toothed
, teeth subequal
, shorter than the tube. Corolla glabrous
. Stamens 9+1, vexillary stamen free, anthers
uniform
. Ovary often stipitate
, ovules numerous
, style in-curved, stigma capitate. Fruit long, dehiscent
, transversely septate
, 8-50-seeded.
A genus with about 55 species, widely distributed in the tropics and sub-tropics of the world.[1]
Physical Description
Habit: Shrub , Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
()
- Tribe:
Sesbanieae
()
- Genus:
Sesbania
()
- Scopoli, 1777, nom. cons.
- Riverhemp
- Specific epithet:
keniensis
- J.B.Gillett
- Botanical name: - Sesbania keniensis J.B.Gillett
- Specific epithet:
keniensis
- J.B.Gillett
- Genus:
Sesbania
(
- Tribe:
Sesbanieae
(
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Sesbania goetzei var. glabra Chiov.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Conservation
Status: Not Threatened,
Habit: Tree
, Habit: Shrub
, Lifespan: Perennial
Similar Species
Members of the genus Sesbania
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 19 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
S. bispinosa (Sesbania Pea) · S. bispinosa var. grandiflora (Prickly Sesban) · S. cannabina (Sesbania) · S. cannabina var. cannabina (Hemp Sesbania) · S. drummondii (Coffee Bean) · S. emerus (Baripozo) · S. formosa (White Dragon Tree) · S. grandiflora (Agati) · S. herbacea (Bigpod Sesbania) · S. herbaceae (Danglepod) · S. javanica (Marsh Sesbania) · S. madagascariensis (Tambazotra) · S. punicea (Chinese Rattlebox) · S. sericea (Coronilla Sericea) · S. sesban (Egyptian Riverhemp) · S. sesban sesban (Egyptian Riverhemp) · S. speciosa (Wisteria Tree) · S. tomentosa (Oahu Riverhemp) · S. virgata (Acacia)
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Further Reading
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
Notes
Contributors
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:
- International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2839894
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-1538
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:518490-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 314043
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 403531
Footnotes
- "Sesbania". in Flora of Pakistan Page 87. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
