Sessea
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Solanales |
Family: | Solanaceae |
Subfamily: | Cestroideae |
Tribe: | |
Genus: | Sessea Ruiz & Pav. |
Sessea is a genus of 19 accepted species of shrubs, small trees and climbers belonging to the subfamily Cestroideae of the plant family Solanaceae. The flowers of Sessea are so similar to those of Cestrum that the genera cannot usually be told apart, unless the plants are in fruit. Then their distinguishing characteristics become immediately apparent; plants of the genus Sessea bearing dehiscent capsules dispersing winged seeds, while those belonging to the genus Cestrum bear juicy berries containing prismatic seeds. The flowers of both Sessea and Cestrum have tubular corollas that are long exserted from small calyces.[1]
Taxonomy[]
The genus commemorates Spanish botanist Martín Sessé y Lacasta, was described by Nicholas Edward Brown and was published in Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 21,1794 by Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez. The type species is: Sessea stipulata Ruiz & Pav.[2]
Species[]
- Francey
- Sessea brasiliensis Toledo
- Francey
- Francey
- Goudot ex Rich. Taylor & R. Phillips
- Bitter
- Ruiz & Pav.
- Francey
- (Urb. & Ekman) Francey
- Bitter
- Dammer
- Francey
- Francey
- Francey
- Taub.
- Sessea sodiroi Bitter native to Ecuador
- Ruiz & Pav.
- (Werderm.) Francey
- Bitter
References[]
- ^ Benítez De Rojas, Carmen and D'Arcy, William G.,"The Genera Cestrum and Sessea (Solanaceae:Cestreae) in Venezuela" Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85: 273-351. 1998.
- ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved at 14.27 on 6/3/19.
- ^ https://bioweb.bio/galeria/FotoEspecimen/Sessea%20sodiroi/444258 Retrieved 11.24 on 5/3/19
- ^ Armando T. Hunziker: The Genera of Solanaceae. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell, Liechtenstein 2001. ISBN 3-904144-77-4, pps. 38-41.
- ^ The Plant List http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Sessea Retrieved 11.06 on 5/3/19.
- Cestroideae
- Solanaceae genera