Sesbania
Appearance
Sesbania | |
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Sesbania drummondii | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Clade: | Meso-Papilionoideae |
Clade: | Non-protein amino acid-accumulating clade |
Clade: | Hologalegina |
Clade: | Robinioids |
Tribe: | Sesbanieae Hutch. |
Genus: | Sesbania Adans. (1763), nom. & orth. cons.
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Species[1] | |
60; see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Sesbania is a genus of
alley cropping to increase the soil's nitrogen content. The species of rhizobia responsible for nitrogen fixation in Sesbania rostrata is Azorhizobium caulinodans
.
Some 60 species are currently accepted, with about 39 still unresolved. The genus is native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, in the Americas from the southern United States to northern Argentina, in sub-Saharan Africa, in southern Asia, and in New Guinea, Australia, and the Pacific.[1] The largest number of species are found in Africa, and the remainder in Australia, Hawaii, and Asia.[3]
Fossil record
riparian environment.[4]
List of species
60 species are accepted[1], organized into three sections:[5]
Section Glottidium (Desvaux) Lavin
- Sesbania vesicaria (Jacq.) Elliott
Section Daubentonia (DC.) Bentham
- Sesbania drummondii (Rydb.) Cory
- Sesbania cavanillesii S.Watson
- Sesbania macroptera Micheli
- Sesbania punicea (Cav.) Benth. – rattlebox
- Sesbania virgata (Cav.) Poir. – wand riverhemp
Section Sesbania Adans.
- Sesbania benthamiana Domin
- Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W.Wight
- Sesbania brachycarpa F.Muell.
- Sesbania brevipeduncula J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania campylocarpa (Domin) N.T.Burb.
- Sesbania cannabina (Retz.) Poir.
- Sesbania chippendalei N.T.Burb.
- Sesbania cinerascens Welw. ex Baker
- Sesbania coccinea (L.f.) Poir.
- Sesbania coerulescens Harms
- Sesbania concolor J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania dalzielii E.Phillips & Hutch.
- Sesbania dummeri E.Phillips & Hutch.
- Sesbania erubescens (Benth.) N.T.Burb.
- Sesbania exasperata Kunth
- Sesbania formosa (F.Muell.) N.T.Burb.
- Sesbania goetzei Harms
- Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poir.
- Sesbania greenwayi J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania hepperi J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh – bigpod sesbania
- Sesbania hirtistyla J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania hobdyi O.Deg. & I.Deg.
- Sesbania javanica Miq.
- Sesbania keniensis J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania leptocarpa DC.
- Sesbania macowaniana Schinz
- Sesbania macrantha Welw. ex E.Phillips & Hutch.
- Sesbania madagascariensis Du Puy & Labat
- Sesbania mannii Sachet
- Sesbania melanocaulis Bidgood & Friis
- Sesbania microphylla Harm.
- Sesbania mossambicensis Klotzsch
- Sesbania notialis J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania oligosperma Taub.
- Sesbania pachycarpa DC.
- Sesbania paucisemina J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania procumbens Wright & Arn.
- Sesbania quadrata J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania rostrata Bremek. & Oberm.
- Sesbania sericea (Willd.) Link – papagayo
- Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr. – Egyptian riverhemp
- Sesbania simpliciuscula F.Muell. ex Benth.
- Sesbania somaliensis J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania speciosa Taub. ex Engl.
- Sesbania sphaerosperma Welw.
- Sesbania subalata J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania sudanica J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania tetraptera Hochst. ex Baker
- Arn.– Ōhai (Hawaii)
- Sesbania transvaalensis J.B.Gillett
Incertae Sedis
- Sesbania burbidgeae C.L.Gross
- Sesbania emerus (Aubl.) Urban – coffeebean
- Sesbania longifolia DC.
- Sesbania marchionica F.Br.
- Sesbania muelleri C.L.Gross
- Sesbania uliginosa (Roxb.) G.Don
- Sesbania wildemannii E.Phillips
Phylogeny
Modern molecular phylogenetics suggest the following relationships between the species of Sesbania:[5]
References
- ^ a b c d Sesbania Adans. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sesbania". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ "The distribution of Sesbania species in the PANESA region". fao.org.
- ISBN 0 947643 40 0
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