''Sesamothamnus'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
in the family
Pedaliaceae
Pedaliaceae, the pedalium family or sesame family, is a flowering plant family classified in the order (biology), order Lamiales.
The family includes sesame (''Sesamum indicum''), the source of sesame seeds.
It comprises 13 genera and approx ...
. The genus is found from Ethiopia to South Africa.
Taxonomy
''Sesamothamnus'' was first named and described in 1869 by
Friedrich Welwitsch
Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch (25 February 1806 – 20 October 1872) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian exploration, explorer and botany, botanist who in Angola was the first European to describe the plant ''Welwitschia, Welwitschia mirabilis ...
.
Species
As of June 2024,
Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
accepts six species for this genus:
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Sesamothamnus benguellensis''
Welw.
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Sesamothamnus busseanus''
Engl.
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Sesamothamnus guerichii
''Sesamothamnus'' is a genus of plant in the family Pedaliaceae. The genus is found from Ethiopia to South Africa.
Taxonomy
''Sesamothamnus'' was first named and described in 1869 by Friedrich Welwitsch.
Species
As of June 2024, Plants of t ...
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(Engl.) E.A.Bruce
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Sesamothamnus leistnari''
P.Craven ex Swanepoel & A.E.van Wyk
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Sesamothamnus lugardii''
N.E.Br.
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Sesamothamnus rivae''
Engl.
References
Lamiales genera
Pedaliaceae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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