Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
SESAMUM Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 634. 1753.
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TYPE: Sesamum indicum Linnaeus 1753. Lectotypified by M. L. Green, in Hitchcock et al., Propos. Brit. Bot. 169. 1929; Bruce, Kew Bull. 1953: 425. 1953.
Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sesamum indicum | SESAME; BENNE | Not Native | ||
| Sesamum trilobum | WHITE FOXGLOVE | Not Native |
[Family identification key]
1. Leaf blades ovate, oblong, or rarely obovate; basal leaf blades often >7 cm long or wide, sometimes deeply 3-lobed or occasionally leaves trifoliolate, if <7 cm long then shallowly 3-lobed or not broadly subcordate; flowers with a staminode; fruit not or hardly subtruncate at apex, without angular horns but with a conspicuous terminal beak
1. Leaf blades broadly ovate-subcordate to less often rotund, elliptical, or slightly obovate; basal leaf blades <7 cm long or wide, sometimes broadly subcordate or only shallowly 3-lobed; flowers without a staminode; fruit subtruncate at apex, with a subdeltoid to linear horn at each of the outer edges of the apex, terminal beak inconspicuous or absent
Genus Synonyms
| Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthadenia | Anthadenia Lemaire, Hort. Vanhoutt. 4, pl. 6. 1845. | TYPE: Anthadenia sesamoides Lemaire 1845. | |
| Dicerocaryum | Dicerocaryum Bojer, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 2. 4: 268, pl. 10. 1835. | TYPE: Dicerocaryum sinuatum Bojer 1835. | |
| Dysosmon | Dysosmon Rafinesque, Fl. Ludov. 48. 1817. | TYPE: Dysosmon amoenum Rafinesque 1917. | |
| Gangila | Gangila Bernhardi, Linnaea 16: 42. 1842. | TYPE: Gangila pentaphylla Bernhardi 1842. | |
| Josephinia | Josephiniia Ventenat, Jard. Malmaison 2: t. 67. 1804. | TYPE: Josephinia imperatricis Ventenat 1804. | |
| Pretrea | Pretrea J. Gay ex Meisner, Pl. Vasc. Gen. 1: 298; 2: 206. 1840 ("1836"). | TYPE: = Dicerocaryum Bojer 1835. | |
| Pretreothamnus | Pretreothamnus Engler, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 228. 1905. | TYPE: Pretreothamnus rosaceus Engler 1905. | |
| Sesamopteris | Sesamopteris (Endlicher) Meisner, Pl. Vasc. Gen. 298, 306. 1840. | BASIONYM: Sesamum Linnaeus, sect. Sesamopteris Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 709. 1839. | TYPE: Sesamum pterospermum R. Brown 1814. |
| Simsimum | Simsimum Bernhardi, Linnaea 16: 42. 1842. | TYPE: Simsimum rostratum Bernhardi 1842. | |
| Sporledera | Sporledera Bernhardi, Linnaea 16: 41. 1842, non Hampe 1837. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Volkameria | Volkameria Linnaeus ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 481. 1898, non Linnaeus 1753. | TYPE: = Sesamum Linnaeus 1753. |