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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

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Sesamum alatum Thonn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Sesamum angolense Welw.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Sesamum calycinum Welw.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Sesamum indicum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Sesamum lepidotum Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Sesamum marlothii Engl.	Accepted		TRO
Sesamum pedalioides Welw. ex Hiern	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Sesamum rigidum Peyr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Sesamum schinzianum Asch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Sesamum triphyllum Welw. ex Asch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 58 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sesamum. Of these 10 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 7 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 58 species names for the genus Sesamum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	10	17.2%
◕	Synonym	16	27.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	32	55.2%

All names

The status of the 65 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sesamum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	15	23.1%
◕	Synonym	17	26.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	33	50.8%

The confidence with which the status of the 58 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	10	15	0	0	25	43.1%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	32	33	56.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Sesamum, are as follows: