Pedaliaceae

Sesamum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 634 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World.

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

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

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?
Ash [522], Ethiopia 58525.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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