pedalium family
Pedaliaceae
Pedaliaceae, the pedalium family or sesame family, is a flowering plant family classified in the order Scrophulariales in the Cronquist system and Lamiales in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system. Cronquist included the family Martyniaceae in Pedaliaceae, but phylogenetic studies have shown that the two families are not closely related and they are maintained as separate by the APG. Both families are characterized by having mucilaginous hairs, which often give the stems and leaves a slimy or...
14 branches of this family, most-observed first
Sesames
genusSesamum
African Foxgloves
genusCeratotheca
Dicerocaryum
genusDicerocaryum
Uncarina
genusUncarina
Djirries
genusRogeria
Pedalium
genusPedalium
Devil Claws
genusHarpagophytum
Sandkambroos
genusPterodiscus
Sesamebushes
genusSesamothamnus
Sackflowers
genusHolubia
Josephinia
genusJosephinia
Pedaliodiscus
genusPedaliodiscus
Linariopsis
genusLinariopsis
Dewinteria
genusDewinteria
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71587.