Pedaliaceae

Pedaliaceae
Uncarina grandidieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Pedaliaceae
R.Br.[1]
Genera
  • Ceratotheca
  • Dewinteria
  • Dicerocaryum
  • Harpagophytum
  • Holubia
  • Josephinia
  • Linariopsis
  • Pedaliodiscus
  • Pedalium
  • Pterodiscus
  • Rogeria
  • Sesamothamnus
  • Sesamum – sesame
  • Uncarina

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 (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083. Retrieved 2013-07-06.