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The genus Sesamum is in the family Pedaliaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Sesamum

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Sesamum abbreviatum Merxm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sesamum alatum Thonn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum angolense Welw.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum auriculatum C.Presl	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum biapiculatum De Wild.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sesamum brasiliense Vell.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum caillei A.Chev.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum calycinum Welw.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	3
Sesamum capense Burm. f.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sesamum digitaloides Welw. ex Schinz	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sesamum edule Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum ekambaramii Naidu	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum foetidum Afzel ex Engl.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum gracile Endl.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sesamum hopkinsii Suess.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sesamum indicum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum laciniatum Klein ex Willd.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum lamiifolium Engl.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sesamum latifolium J.B. Gillett	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sesamum lepidotum Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum luteum Retz.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum macranthum Oliv.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sesamum malabaricum Burm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum marlothii Engl.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sesamum mombazense De Wild. & T.Durand	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum mulayanum N.C.Nair	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum parviflorum Seidenst.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sesamum pedalioides Welw. ex Hiern	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum pentaphyllum E.Mey.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum prostratum Retz.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum pterospermum R.Br.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum radiatum Schumach. & Thonn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum rigidum Peyr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum rostratum Hochst.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sesamum sabulosum A.Chev.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum schinzianum Asch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum somalense Chiov.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sesamum talbotii Wernham	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum tavakarii M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum thonneri De Wild. & T. Durand	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sesamum trifoliatum Mill.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sesamum triphyllum Welw. ex Asch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1

Statistics

The Plant List includes 65 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sesamum. Of these 26 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 9 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Sesamum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 65 species names for the genus Sesamum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	26	40.0%
◕	Synonym	17	26.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	22	33.8%

All names

The status of the 74 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sesamum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	30	40.5%
◕	Synonym	22	29.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	22	29.7%

The confidence with which the status of the 65 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Sesamum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	26	17	0	0	43	66.2%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	22	22	33.8%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Sesamum is as follows: