Sesamum

Sesamum mulayanum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Pedaliaceae
Tribus: Sesameae
Genus: Sesamum
Sectiones: S. sect. Aptera – S. sect. Ceratotheca – S. sect. Chamaesesamum – S. sect. Dicerocaryum – S. sect. Josephinia – S. sect. Sesamopteris – S. sect. Sesamum
Species: S. abbreviatum – S. alatum – S. angolense – S. angustifolium – S. calycinum – S. capense – S. celebicum – S. eriocarpum – S. eugeniae – S. forbesii – S. imperatricis – S. indicum – S. integribracteatum – S. latifolium – S. lepidotum – S. marlothii – S. papillosum – S. parviflorum – S. pedalioides – S. prostratum – S. radiatum – S. reniforme – S. rigidum – S. rosaceum – S. saxicola – S. schinzianum – S. senecioides – S. sesamoides – S. trilobum – S. triphyllum – S. zanguebarium

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Sesamum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 March 23. Reference page.

Name

Sesamum L., (1753)

• Type species: Sesamum indicum L., Species Plantarum 2: 634. (1753)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Anthadenia Lem., Hort. Van Houtte fasc. 1: 4. 1845; Fl. des Serres, 2: (Avr. 1846). 10. t. 6.
  • Dysosmon Raf., Fl. Ludov. 48 (1817).
  • Gangila Bernh., Linnaea 16: 42 (1842).
  • Sesamopteris (Endl.) Meisn., Pl. Vasc. Gen. 298, 206 (1840).
  • Simsimum Bernh., Linnaea 16: 42 (1842).
    

Homonyms

• Sesamum Adans., (1763), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regional:Tropical & Subtropical Old World Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Afghanistan, Alabama, Andaman Is., Belize, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Bulgaria, California, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Krym, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Malaya, Marianas, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Missouri, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, New Jersey, New York, Nicobar Is., Ohio, Oman, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Carolina, South European Russia, Spain, Sumatera, Suriname, Tadzhikistan, Texas, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wisconsin, Yemen, Yugoslavia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 634. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F. & Byng, J.W. (eds). 2018. The Global Flora, Vol. 4: Special Edition, GLOVAP Nomenclature Part 1. Plant Gateway Ltd., Bradford. ISBN 978-0-9929993-5-3 PDF Reference page. 
• Gormley, I.C., Bedigian, D. & Olmstead, R.G. 2015. Phylogeny of Pedaliaceae and Martyniaceae and the Placement of Trapella in Plantaginaceae s.l. Systematic Botany 40(1):259-268. DOI: 10.1600/036364415X686558 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Manning, J.C. & Magee, A.R. 2018. Additional new combinations in Sesamum L. (Pedaliaceae: Sesameae). Bothalia 48(1): 1–2. DOI: 10.4102/abc.v48i1.2363 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Sesamum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug. 9. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Sesamum. 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 Aug. 9. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2015. Sesamum. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 31 2015. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Sesamum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Mar. 2015. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• беларуская: Кунжут
• English: Sesame
• eesti: Seesam
• suomi: Seesamit
• latviešu: Sezami