Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Sesamum indicum

Pedaliaceae R.Br.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Asteranae(superordo)
Lamiales(ordo)
Pedaliaceae(fam.)
Sesamum(gen.)
indicum(sp.)

Sesamum indicum L.

, nom. cons.

, scientific

Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2

:

634

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Habitat in India."

Bailey, F.M. (1901), The Queensland Flora 4

:

1139

[secondary reference]

Backer, C.A. (December 1951), Pedaliaceae.

Flora Malesiana Series I

:

217-218

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Sesamum orientale L.

nom. rej.

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants.

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

:

258

BHL

[secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Pedaliaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

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469

[secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory.

Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory

:

58

[secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Sesamum orientale L.

nom. rej.

Nicolson, D.H. & Wiersema, J.H. (2004), (1618) Proposal to conserve Sesamum indicum against Sesamum orientale (Pedaliaceae).

:

210

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Sesamum orientale L.

nom. rej.

Brummitt, R.K. (2005), Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 57.

:

1098

[secondary reference]

Text: "(1618) To conserve Sesamum indicum L. against S. orientale L. (Pedaliaceae)... Votes 15-0 (recommended)."

Barrie, F.R. (August 2006), Report of the General Committee: 9.

:

800

[secondary reference]

Text: "The following proposals were recommended and are approved:... (1618) Sesamum indicum..."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Sesamum orientale L.

nom. rej.

Bedigian, D. (2015), Systematics and evolution in Sesamum L. (Pedaliaceae), part 1: Evidence regarding the origin of sesame and its closest relatives.

Webbia; raccolta di scritti botanici

:

6-9 APC

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Sesamum orientale L.

nom. rej.

APC Dist.: NT (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Wiersema, J.H., McNeill, J., Turland, N.J., Barrie, F.R., Buck, W.R., Demoulin, V., Greuter, W., Hawksworth, D.L., Herendeen, P.S., Knapp, S., Marhold, K., Prado, J., Prud'homme van Reine, W.F. & Smith, G.F. (ed.) (2015), International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants (Melbourne Code): Appendices II-VII.

Regnum Vegetabile

:

412

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Sesamum orientale L.

nom. rej.

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (8 March 2022), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2021.

:

3

[secondary reference]

Text: "New naturalised record for WA. A. Markey in litt. (10/02/2021)."