Pedaliaceae

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Pedaliaceae
Uncarina grandidieri1.jpg
Uncarina grandidieri
Scientific classification e
Unrecognized taxon (fix): Pedaliaceae
Genera
  • Ceratotheca
  • Dewinteria
  • Dicerocaryum
  • Harpagophytum
  • Holubia
  • Josephinia
  • Linariopsis
  • Pedaliodiscus
  • Pedalium
  • Pterodiscus
  • Rogeria
  • Sesamothamnus
  • Sesamum – sesame
  • Uncarina
Uncarina ankaranensis

Pedaliaceae (pedalium family or sesame family) is a flowering plant in the Scrophulariales family. Sesame, formally Sesamum indicum, is the source of sesame seeds.

References

  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2) (2009). p. 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 2013-07-06.