Sesbania
Sesbania is the only plant genus of the tribe Sesbanieae in the subfamily Fabaceae ( Faboideae ) within the legume family ( Fabaceae ). It is native to the tropics.
- 4.1 Notes and references
Description
Vegetative characteristics
The Sesbania species grow as herbaceous plants, deciduous shrubs or rarely as trees. The change-constant leaves are stalked and pinnate. The stipules are small or absent. The petiole and rachis which are often grooved. There may be "In addition to leaflets ". The many -stalked leaflets have a smooth edge. The spines fall off early.
Generative features
At the upper end of the branches are located on an inflorescence stem axillary, racemose inflorescences. Bracts and pfriemförmige bracts are obsolete. The flower stems are thin.
The hermaphrodite, zygomorphic, five petals have a double perianth. The five sepals are bell-shaped fused with five nearly equal teeth or rare they are almost bilobed and shorter than the calyx tube. The five petals are usually hairless or pure yellow with dots, rarely it white, red or dark purple and tower over the chalice. The wide rim is nailed with two calluses. The two wings falcate -oblong and auriculate. The curved boat is auriculate and nailed longer than the flag. Nine of the ten stamens are fused, the free located on the flag. All anthers are equal and mostly hairless. The often stalked ovary is elongated and contains numerous ovules. The slim stylus is curved inward, ending in a capitate stigma.
The often long straightedge and pencil -shaped legumes open to maturity, have cross- walls are beaked and contain 8 to 50 seeds. The seeds have a rounded hilum.
Dissemination
The genus Sesbania is widespread in the tropics and subtropics worldwide. Some species are used as crop use.
System
Sesbania is the only genus of the tribe Sesbanieae in the subfamily Faboideae within the Fabaceae family. The genus name Sesbania was first published in 1777 by in Introductio ad Historiam Naturalem, pp. 308-309. Type species is Sesbania sesban (L. ) Merr .. Synonyms for Sesbania Scop. are: Agati Adans, Darwinia Raf, Daubentonia DC, Daubentoniopsis Rydb, Glottidium Desv, sesban Adans ... .. ..
The genus Sesbania contains about 55 species. The International Leguminosendatenbank lists the following ways:
- Sesbania benthamiana Domin
- Sesbania bispinosa ( Jacq. ) W.Wight
- Sesbania brachycarpa F.Muell.
- Sesbania brevipedunculata J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania campylocarpa ( Domin ) N.T.Burb.
- Sesbania cannabina ( Retz. ) Pers.
- Sesbania chippendalei N.T.Burb.
- Sesbania cinerascens Baker
- Sesbania coerulescens Harms
- Sesbania concolor J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania dalzielii E.Phillips & Hutch.
- Sesbania drummondii ( Rydb. ) Cory
- Sesbania dummeri E.Phillips & Hutch.
- Sesbania emerus ( Aubl. ) Urb.
- Sesbania erubescens ( Benth. ) N.T.Burb.
- Sesbania exasperata Kunth
- Sesbania formosa ( F.Muell. ) N.T.Burb.
- Sesbania goetzei Harms
- Sesbania grandiflora (L. ) Pers.
- Sesbania greenwayi J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania hepperi J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh
- Sesbania hirtistyla J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania hobdyi Degener & Degener
- Sesbania javanica Miq.
- Sesbania keniensis J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania leptocarpa DC.
- Sesbania longifolia DC.
- Sesbania macowaniana Schinz
- Sesbania macrantha E.Phillips & Hutch.
- Sesbania macroptera Micheli
- Sesbania You madagascariensis Puy & Labat
- Sesbania microphylla E.Phillips & Hutch.
- Sesbania notialis J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania pachycarpa DC.
- Sesbania paucisemina J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania procumbens ( Roxb. ) Wight & Arn.
- Sesbania punicea ( Cav. ) Benth.
- Sesbania quadrata J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania rostrata Bremek. & Oberm.
- Sesbania sericea ( Willd.) Link
- Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.
- Sesbania simpliciuscula Benth.
- Sesbania somaliensis J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania speciosa Taub.
- Sesbania sphaerosperma Welw.
- Sesbania subalata J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania sudanica J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania tetraptera Baker
- Sesbania tomentosa Hook. & Arn.
- Sesbania transvaalensis J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania uliginosa Sweet
Swell
- Hang Sun & Bruce Bartholomew: Sesbanieae in the Flora of China, Volume 10, 2010, p 313: Online.
- SI Ali: Papilionaceae in the Flora of Pakistan: Sesbania - Online on efloras.org.