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[ Sesamothamnus ] [ Sesamum ] [ Sesban ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Sesamum

Hierarchical position of the Genus Sesamum

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.       SuperOrdo  Lamianae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 405. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Lamiales Bromhead pub. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 2: 210. Apr 1838.       Familia  Pedaliaceae R. Br. pub. Prodr.: 519. 27 Mar 1810.       Subfamilia  Sesamoideae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 963, 964 1095, 1107. Jun 1835.       Tribus  Sesameae (R. Br. ex Bercht. & J. Presl) Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 22. 1829.       Genus  Sesamum L. pub. (1753) common name: sesame

Named members of the Genus Sesamum

1	Species  alatum Thonn. common name: sesamum
2	Species  indicum L. syn. Sesamum orientale common name: benne, gingili, sesame, hei zhi ma  (Chinese)
3	Species  orientale L. common name: sesame
4	Species  radiatum Schumacher common name: sesamum

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.