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Pedaliaceae
Sign in to savePedaliaceae, the pedalium family or sesame family, is a flowering plant family classified in the order Lamiales. The family includes sesame (Sesamum indicum), the source of sesame seeds.
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Pedaliaceae is a family of plants within the kingdom Plantae, phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Lamiales. The taxon was described by R. Brown in 1810 and holds an accepted status. It is classified as a family in the Plants of the World and WoRMS databases.
Records for this family are held by institutions including NY, MEL, CM, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), and SRP. These records document occurrences in Brazil, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia, and Malawi. The family has 39,634 occurrence records, 80 iDigBio records with 43 media items, and 1,212 PubMed entries.
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Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyPedaliaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 80
- With media
- 43
- Family
- Pedaliaceae
- Collections
- NY, MEL, CM, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), SRP, SJNM
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, China, Netherlands, Ethiopia
Research
1,212 papers- Reply.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2020
- Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.): A Comprehensive Review of Nutritional Value, Phytochemical Composition, Health Benefits, Development of Food, and Industrial Applications.Nutrients · 2022
- Sesame seed allergy.Nursing · 2024
- Dietary supplementation with seeds of Sesamum indicum L. (pedaliaceae) mitigates the 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-induced breast tumor burden in rats.Journal of complementary & integrative medicine · 2024
- Antileishmanial activity of long chain alkyl benzene and other constituents from seeds of Sesamum indicum. L (Pedaliaceae).Natural product research · 2021
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Gallery of Pedaliaceae
- References
Pedaliaceae, the pedalium family or sesame family, is a flowering plant family classified in the order Lamiales. The family includes sesame (Sesamum indicum), the source of sesame seeds.
It comprises 11 genera and approximately 80 species. Eight genera are native to the African continent and one genus (Uncarina) is endemic to Madagascar. Two genera (Sesamum and Pedalium) are mainly African natives but they also include regions to the east (including Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Malayan Islands and northern Australia).
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