Sesbania grandiflora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Sesbanieae
Genus: Sesbania
Species: Sesbania grandiflora

Name

Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers., 1807

Synonyms

Aeschynomene grandiflora (L.) L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 2: 1050 (1763)
Agati grandiflora (L.) Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 1: 120, t. 4 (1813)
Agati grandiflora var. albiflora Wight & Arn.
Coronilla grandiflora (L.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 3(2): 1145 (1802)
Dolichos arborescens G.Don
Dolichos arboreus Forssk., Fl. Aegypt. Arab. 134 (1775)
Emerus grandiflorus (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 180 (1891)
Emerus grandiflorus (L.) Hornem., Hort. Hafn. 695 (1815)
Resupinaria grandiflora (L.) Raf., Sylva Tellur. 116 (1838)
Robinia grandiflora L., Sp. Pl. 2: 722 (1753)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Southeastern Asia
  - Jawa, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines
Introduced into:
- Andaman Is., Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Malawi, Maldives, Marquesas, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Persoon, C.H. 1806–1807. Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Pars secunda. 657 pp. Apud Bibliopolas Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis Lutetiorum [Paris]; Apud J. G. Cottam, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 2(2): 316.

Additional references

Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
Bhellum, B.L. (2012). Flora exotica of Jammu and Kashmir (List- I) Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 36: 33-45.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Sesbania grandiflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Sesbania grandiflora. Published online. Accessed: May 30 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Sesbania grandiflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Sesbania grandiflora. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 30. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Sesbania grandiflora. Accessed: 30 May 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sesbania grandiflora in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: বকফুল
Basa Ugi: ᨈᨒᨘᨆ (taluma)
ދިވެހިބަސް: ފީރު މުރަނގަ ތޮޅި
English: West-indian pea, corkwood tree, hummingbird tree, vegetable hummingbird, scarlet wisteria
suomi: Nauhakolibrinpapu
Bahasa Indonesia: Turi
മലയാളം: അകത്തി
Bahasa Melayu: Pokok Turi
Nederlands: schaamboom
தமிழ்: அகத்தி
తెలుగు: అవిశ
Tiếng Việt: So đũa

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