Sessea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Solanaceae
Subfamilia: Cestroideae
Tribus: Cestreae
Genus: Sessea
Species: S. acuminata – S. andina – S. colombiana – S. confertiflora – S. corymbiflora – S. crassivenosa – S. dependens – S. discolor – S. elliptica – S. herzogii – S. jorgensenii – S. lehmannii – S. macrophylla – S. multinervia – S. sodiroi – S. stipulata – S. tipocochensis – S. vestioides – S. vestita
Name

Sessea Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 21. (1794)

Type species: Sessea stipulata Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. [Ruiz & Pavon] 2: 9, t. 115. (1799)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Sesseopsis Hassl.

References

Ruiz López, H. & Pavon, J.A. 1794. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 21.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Sessea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sept. 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Sessea. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 3 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Sessea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Sept. 2021.

Sessea is a genus of 19 accepted species of shrubs, small trees and climbers belonging to the subfamily Cestroideae of the plant family Solanaceae. The flowers of Sessea are so similar to those of Cestrum that the genera cannot usually be told apart, unless the plants are in fruit. Then their distinguishing characteristics become immediately apparent; plants of the genus Sessea bearing dehiscent capsules dispersing winged seeds, while those belonging to the genus Cestrum bear juicy berries containing prismatic seeds. The flowers of both Sessea and Cestrum have tubular corollas that are long exserted from small calyces.[1]
Taxonomy

The genus commemorates Spanish botanist Martín Sessé y Lacasta, was described by Nicholas Edward Brown and was published in Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 21,1794 by Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez. The type species is: Sessea stipulata Ruiz & Pav.[2]
Species

Sessea andina Francey
Sessea brasiliensis Toledo
Sessea colombiana Francey
Sessea confertiflora Francey
Sessea corymbiflora Goudot ex Rich. Taylor & R. Phillips
Sessea crassivenosa Bitter
Sessea dependens Ruiz & Pav.
Sessea discolor Francey
Sessea farinosa (Urb. & Ekman) Francey
Sessea graciliflora Bitter
Sessea herzogii Dammer
Sessea macrophylla Francey
Sessea multinervia Francey
Sessea pedicellata Francey
Sessea regnellii Taub.
Sessea sodiroi Bitter native to Ecuador
Sessea stipulata Ruiz & Pav.
Sessea tipocochensis (Werderm.) Francey
Sessea weberbaueri Bitter

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References

Benítez De Rojas, Carmen and D'Arcy, William G.,"The Genera Cestrum and Sessea (Solanaceae:Cestreae) in Venezuela" Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85: 273-351. 1998.
Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved at 14.27 on 6/3/19.
https://bioweb.bio/galeria/FotoEspecimen/Sessea%20sodiroi/444258 Retrieved 11.24 on 5/3/19
Armando T. Hunziker: The Genera of Solanaceae. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell, Liechtenstein 2001. ISBN 3-904144-77-4, pps. 38-41.
The Plant List http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Sessea Retrieved 11.06 on 5/3/19. Sesseopsis