Sesbania virgata(Cav.) Poir.

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WFO wfo-0000180018 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sesbania virgata, photographed by Daniel Dias
fig. a Daniel Dias, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-05-28 / obs. 201396520
Sesbania virgata, photographed by Eduardo Luis Beltrocco
fig. b Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195578428
Sesbania virgata, photographed by Leonel Roget
fig. c Leonel Roget, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195138184
Sesbania virgata, photographed by Eduardo Luis Beltrocco
fig. d Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184817030
Sesbania virgata, photographed by Eduardo Luis Beltrocco
fig. e Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184727753
Sesbania virgata, photographed by Eduardo Luis Beltrocco
fig. f Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184728582
Sesbania virgata, photographed by Eduardo Luis Beltrocco
fig. g Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178309653
Sesbania virgata, photographed by Eduardo Luis Beltrocco
fig. h Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173532451

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Sesbania virgata is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralParaguayUruguay
Native distribution of Sesbania virgata, 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
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bolivia BOL
Brazil Northeast BZE
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 9 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 virgata Cav.
  • Agati virgata Desv.
  • Coronilla virgata (Cav.) Willd.
  • Coursetia virgata (Cav.) DC.
  • Daubentonia virgata (Cav.) Rydb.
  • Emerus marginatus (Benth.) Lindm.
  • Sesban virgata (Cav.) Poir.
  • Sesbania marginata Benth.
  • Sesbania tetragona Pamp.

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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