Sesbania punicea(Cav.) Benth.

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WFO wfo-0000178374 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sesbania punicea, photographed by Nonbinary-Naturalist
fig. a Nonbinary-Naturalist, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-04 / obs. 194908999
Sesbania punicea, photographed by Corne Brink
fig. b Corne Brink, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 187340992
Sesbania punicea, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 187332268
Sesbania punicea, photographed by Daniel Dias
fig. d Daniel Dias, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 184511918
Sesbania punicea, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 182957805
Sesbania punicea, photographed by Tim Kirsten
fig. f Tim Kirsten, CC0 1.0 / obs. 180570397
Sesbania punicea, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. g Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177454409
Sesbania punicea, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. h Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175921919

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Sesbania punicea is native: Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay Argentina NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralParaguayUruguay
Native distribution of Sesbania punicea, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Paraguay PAR
Uruguay URU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 14 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aeschynomene miniata Ortega
  • Daubentonia punicea (Cav.) DC.
  • Daubentonia superbissima Haage & Schmidt ex K.Koch
  • Daubentonia tripetiana Poit.
  • Daubentonia tripetii Poit.
  • Emerus puniceus (Cav.) Kuntze
  • Ormocarpum elegans G.Don
  • Piscidia ovalifolia Larrañaga
  • Piscidia ovalis Larrañaga
  • Piscidia punicea Cav.
  • Sesbania tripetii (Poit.) hort. ex F.T.Hubb.
  • Sesbania tripetii F.T.Hubb.
  • Sesbania tripetii (Poit.) Mouill.
  • Solulus elegans (G.Don) Kuntze

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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