Sesbania

See also: sesbania

Translingual

Sesbania sesban

Etymology

New Latin, from Arabic سَيْسَبَان (saysabān) +‎ -ia

Proper noun

Sesbania f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – riverhemps and closely related plants, many native to Africa.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Fabales – order; Fabaceae – family; Faboideae - subfamily; Robinieae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sesbania sesban (Egyptian riverhemp) - type species; Sesbania grandiflora (vegetable hummingbird, West Indian pea) - selected other species; for other species etc. see Sesbania at The Plant List

Further reading

• Sesbania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sesbania on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sesbania on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sesbania at USDA Plants database
• Sesbania at Tropicos
• Sesbania at World Register of Marine Species
• Sesbania at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Sesbania at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Sesbania at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Sesbania at The Plant List