Sesamum L.
Distribution
Native to:
Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Andaman Is., Belize, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Bulgaria, California, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Krym, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Malaya, Marianas, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Missouri, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, New Jersey, New York, Nicobar Is., Ohio, Oman, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Carolina, South European Russi, Spain, Sumatera, Suriname, Tadzhikistan, Texas, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wisconsin, Yemen, Yugoslavia
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Volkameria L. ex Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 482 (1891), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Anthadenia Lem. in Hort. Vanhoutt. 1(1): 4 (1845)
- Ceratotheca Endl. in Linnaea 7: 5 (1832)
- Dicerocaryum Bojer in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 4: 268 (1835)
- Gangila Bernh. in Linnaea 16: 42 (1842)
- Josephinia Vent. in Jard. Malmaison: 67 (1804)
- Pretrea J.Gay ex Meisn. in Pl. Vasc. Gen. 1: 298 (1840), nom. superfl.
- Pretreothamnus Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 228 (1905)
- Sesamopteris (Endl.) DC. ex Meisn. in Pl. Vasc. Gen. 1: 298 (1840)
- Simsimum Bernh. in Linnaea 16: 42 (1842)
- Sporledera Bernh. in Linnaea 16: 41 (1842)
Accepted Species
- Sesamum abbreviatum Merxm.
- Sesamum alatum Thonn.
- Sesamum angolense Welw.
- Sesamum angustifolium (Oliv.) Engl.
- Sesamum calycinum Welw.
- Sesamum capense Burm.f.
- Sesamum celebicum (Blume) Byng & Christenh.
- Sesamum eriocarpum (Decne.) Byng & Christenh.
- Sesamum eugeniae (F.Muell.) Byng & Christenh.
- Sesamum forbesii (Decne.) Byng & Christenh.
- Sesamum imperatricis (Vent.) Byng & Christenh.
- Sesamum indicum L.
- Sesamum integribracteatum (Engl.) Byng & Christenh.
- Sesamum latifolium J.B.Gillett
- Sesamum lepidotum Schinz
- Sesamum marlothii Engl.
- Sesamum papillosum (W.Fitzg.) Byng & Christenh.
- Sesamum parviflorum Seidenst.
- Sesamum pedalioides Welw. ex Hiern
- Sesamum prostratum Retz.
- Sesamum radiatum Thonn. ex Hornem.
- Sesamum reniforme (Abels) Byng & Christenh.
- Sesamum rigidum Peyr.
- Sesamum rosaceum (Engl.) J.C.Manning & Magee
- Sesamum saxicola (E.A.Bruce) Byng & Christenh.
- Sesamum schinzianum Asch.
- Sesamum senecioides (Klotzsch) Byng & Christenh.
- Sesamum sesamoides (Endl.) Byng & Christenh.
- Sesamum trilobum (Bernh.) Byng & Christenh.
- Sesamum triphyllum Welw. ex Asch.
- Sesamum zanguebarium (Lour.) Byng & Christenh.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Boulos, L. (2002). Flora of Egypt 3: 1-373. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 4, 2: 550.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 282 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. ed. 1: 634 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H.-D. Ihlenfeldt [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Gen. Pl., ed. 5, 282 (1754)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Ash [522], Ethiopia | 58525.000 | No |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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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
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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