Sesamum marlothii
Sesamum marlothii is a species of flowering plant in the same genus as sesame. It is native to western South Africa.[2] It was originally described as similar to S. schinzianum but differing in various ways, including having the lower leaves with three parts, shorter stalks of the flowers and fruit, capsules half the size, and somewhat larger seeds.[3]
| Sesamum marlothii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Pedaliaceae |
| Genus: | Sesamum |
| Species: | S. marlothii |
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| Sesamum marlothii | |
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References
- The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 25 December 2016
- African Plant Database, retrieved 25 December 2016
- A. Engler (1889), "Plantae Marlothianae; ein Beitrag sur Kenntnis der Flora Südafrikas. II. Teil: Dikotyledoneae Sympetalae", Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie, 10: 242–285 p. 257
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