Sesbania

Sesbania

Sesbania drummondii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Sesbanieae
Genus:	Sesbania Scop.^[1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Agati Adans. Darwinia Raf. Daubentonia DC. Daubentoniopsis Rydb. Sesban Adans.^[1]

Sesbania is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae and the only genus found in Tribe Sesbanieae. Notable species include the Rattlebox (Sesbania drummondii), Spiny Sesbania (Sesbania bispinosa), and Sesbania sesban, which is used in cooking. Plants of this genus, some of which are aquatic, can be used in alley cropping to increase the soil's nitrogen content. The species of Rhizobia responsible for Nitrogen fixation in Sesbania rostrata is Azorhizobium caulinodans.

Contents

1 Synonyms
2 List of species
3 References
4 External links

Synonyms

Formerly this genus had been known as Aeschynomene (Schreb.) 1770, (Jacq.) 1792.

List of species

Sesbania benthamiana
Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W.Wight (Maghreb, Asia)
Sesbania brachycarpa
Sesbania brevipedunculata
Sesbania campylocarpa
Sesbania cannabina Poir.
Sesbania chippendalei
Sesbania cinerascens
Sesbania coerulescens
Sesbania concolor
Sesbania dalzielii
Sesbania drummondii (Rydb.) Cory
Sesbania dummeri
Sesbania emerus (Aubl.) Urban – Coffeebean
Sesbania erubescens
Sesbania exasperata
Sesbania formosa
Sesbania goetzei
Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poir.
Sesbania greenwayi
Sesbania hepperi
Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) McVaugh – Bigpod Sesbania
Sesbania hirtistyla
Sesbania hobdyi
Sesbania javanica
Sesbania keniensis
Sesbania leptocarpa
Sesbania longifolia
Sesbania macowaniana
Sesbania macrantha
Sesbania macroptera
Sesbania microphylla
Sesbania notialis
Sesbania oligosperma
Sesbania pachycarpa
Sesbania paucisemina
Sesbania punicea (Cav.) Benth. – Rattlebox
Sesbania quadrata
Sesbania rostrata
Sesbania sericea (Willd.) Link – Papagayo
Sesbania sesban (Jacq.) W.Wight – Egyptian Riverhemp
Sesbania simpliciuscula
Sesbania somaliensis
Sesbania speciosa
Sesbania sphaerosperma
Sesbania subalata
Sesbania sudanica
Sesbania tetraptera
Sesbania tomentosa Hook. & Arn. – Ōhai (Hawaii)
Sesbania transvaalensis J.B.Gillett
Sesbania vesicaria (Jacq.) Elliott
Sesbania virgata (Cav.) Pers. – Wand Riverhemp^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Genus: Sesbania Scop.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?11097. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
^ "GRIN Species Records of Sesbania". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?11097. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
^ "Sesbania". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=26949. Retrieved 2011-03-01.

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sesbania Sesbania] at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Sesbania at Wikispecies