Fabaceae
Sesbania

Sesbania dummeri E.Phillips & Hutch.

First published in Bothalia 1: 45 (1921)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Kenya to Rwanda. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zaïre

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa 260 (1929).
  • Cronquist in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 5: 75 (1954).
  • Gillett in Kew Bulletin 17: 109 (1963).
  • Phil. & Hutch in Bothalia 1: 45 (1921).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 311 (1952).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dummer, R. [225] Uganda K000393394 Type Yes
Dummer, R. [225] Uganda K000393395 Type Yes
Dummer, R. [225] Uganda K000393396 Unknown Type Material Yes
Whyte, A. [B12] K000393397 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0