Sesbania sudanica J.B.Gillett

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
• Bidgood, S. & Friis, I. (2009). Reconsideration of the African species Sesbania sudanica and S. hepperi (Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae) as to their variation in Ethiopis. Kew Bulletin 64: 301-305. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
• Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
• Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Kew Bulletin

• Bidgood, S. & Friis, I. (1998). Sesbaniamelanocaulis, sp. nov. (Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae) from SW Ethiopia. Nord. J. Bot. 18: 209 – 213.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
• Gillett, J. B. (1963). Sesbania in Africa (excluding Madagascar) and southern Arabia. Kew Bull. 17: 91 – 159.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
• SebsebeDemissew, Friis, I., Nordal, I. & Burger, A.-M. (2006). Disjunctions in the African flora as seen from the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea. In: S. A. Ghazanfar & H. J. Beentje (eds), Taxonomy and ecology of African plants, their conservation and sustainable use, pp. 247 – 258. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Thulin, M. (1986). Fabaceae (Leguminosae) subfamily 3. Papilionoideae (Faboideae). In: I. Hedberg & S. Edwards (eds), Flora of Ethiopia, Vol. 3: 97 – 251. Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa & Uppsala University, Uppsala.
• White, F. (1983). UNESCO/AETFAT/UNSO Vegetation Map of Africa & A descriptive memoir to accompany the UNESCO/AETFAT/UNSO Vegetation Map of Africa. UNESCO, Paris.
• ____ & ____ (2000). Additions to Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea … 39. Sesbania. In: I. Hedberg & S. Edwards (eds), Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, Vol. 2, 1: 455 – 457. Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa & Uppsala University, Uppsala.
• ____ (1971). Sesbania. In: E. Milne-Redhead & R. M. Polhill (eds), Flora of Tropical East Africa, Leguminosae (part 3), subfamily Papilionoideae (1): 330 – 351. Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations, London.
• ____ (1993). Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

• Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
• Bidgood, S. & Friis, I. (2009). Reconsideration of the African species Sesbania sudanica and S. hepperi (Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae) as to their variation in Ethiopis. Kew Bulletin 64: 301-305. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
• Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

International Legume Database and Information Service

• Gillett, J. B. (1963). Kew Bull. 17:91-159. Sesbania in Africa (excl. Madagascar