Fabaceae

Sesbania Adans.

First published in Fam. Pl. 2: 327 (1763), nom. & orth. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kentucky, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Marquesas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Aruba, Belgium, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central European Rus, Chagos Archipelago, China North-Central, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Cuba, Egypt, Guyana, Inner Mongolia, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kazan-retto, Maldives, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mexico Northwest, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands Antilles, Nicobar Is., Palestine, Primorye, Rodrigues, Seychelles, Sinai, Southwest Caribbean, Taiwan, Turks-Caicos Is., Ukraine, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Farruggia, F.T. & Wojciechowski, M.F. (2021). Personal Communication on Fabaceae, Sesbania. 1.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 2: 133.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Fam. Pl. 2: 326 (1763), as “Sesban”
  • Gillett in Kew Bull. 17: 91–159 (1963)
  • Lewis in Kirkia 13: 11–51 (1988). ?Lavin & Sousa in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 45: 39–45 (1995).
  • in F.T.E.A., Legum., Pap.: 330–351 (1971).
  • orthographic change by Scopoli, Introd.: 308 (1777) nom. conserv.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Gillett in Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (1971).
  • Gillett in Kew Bull. 17: 91–159 (1963)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fam. 2: 326 (1763), as Sesban
  • Gillett in K.B. 17: 91–159 (1963), nom. conserv.
  • orth. mut. Scopoli, Intr.: 308 (1777)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2003 Pollard, B.J. [650], Cameroon K000746620 No
Rayner, R.W. [425], Kenya 23296.000 No
Rayner, R.W. [413], Kenya 24388.000 No
Martin [s.n.], Australia K000278181 Yes
Mendonça, R.C. [3692], Brazil K000931778 Yes
Silva, F.C. [258], Brazil K000931779 Yes
Aronson, J. [7867], Brazil K000931777 Yes
Luz, A.A. [121], Brazil K000931774 Yes
Aronson, J. [7868], Brazil K000931776 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [6261], Brazil K000931775 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Somalia

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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Legumes of the World Online

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