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Sesbania

The genus Sesbania is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Sesbania

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Sesbania benthamiana Domin Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W.Wight Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania brachycarpa F.Muell. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania brevipedunculata J.B.Gillett Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania campylocarpa (Domin) N.T.Burb. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania cannabina (Retz.) Pers. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania chippendalei N.T.Burb. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania cinerascens Baker Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania coerulescens Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania concolor J.B.Gillett Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania dalzielii E.Phillips & Hutch. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania drummondii (Rydb.) Cory Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania dummeri E.Phillips & Hutch. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania emerus (Aubl.) Urb. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania erubescens (Benth.) N.T.Burb. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania exasperata Kunth Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania formosa (F.Muell.) N.T.Burb. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania goetzei Harms Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania greenwayi J.B.Gillett Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania hepperi J.B.Gillett Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania hirtistyla J.B.Gillett Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania hobdyi Degener & Degener Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania javanica Miq. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania keniensis J.B.Gillett Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania leptocarpa DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania longifolia DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania macowaniana Schinz Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania macrantha E.Phillips & Hutch. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania macroptera Micheli Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania madagascariensis Du Puy & Labat Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania microphylla E.Phillips & Hutch. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania notialis J.B.Gillett Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania oligosperma Taub. Accepted L ILDIS
Sesbania pachycarpa DC. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania paucisemina J.B.Gillett Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania procumbens (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania punicea (Cav.) Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania quadrata J.B.Gillett Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania rostrata Bremek. & Oberm. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania sericea (Willd.) Link Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania simpliciuscula Benth. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania somaliensis J.B.Gillett Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania speciosa Taub. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania sphaerosperma Welw. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania subalata J.B.Gillett Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania sudanica J.B.Gillett Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania tetraptera Baker Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania tomentosa Hook. & Arn. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania transvaalensis J.B.Gillett Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania uliginosa Sweet Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania virgata (Cav.) Pers. Accepted H ILDIS
Sesbania wildemanii E.Phillips & Hutch. Accepted H ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 137 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sesbania. Of these 55 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 25 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Sesbania. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 137 species names for the genus Sesbania recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 55 40.1%
Synonym 46 33.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 36 26.3%

All names

The status of the 162 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sesbania recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 62 38.3%
Synonym 64 39.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 36 22.2%

Of these names,

A further 17 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 137 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Sesbania, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 54 36 0 0 90 65.7%
Medium confidence 0 6 0 0 6 4.4%
Low confidence 1 4 0 36 41 29.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Sesbania, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
ILDIS 55 40 0 0 17 112 81.8%
Tropicos 0 6 0 5 0 11 8.0%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 31 0 31 22.6%