Sesbania formosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Robinioids
Tribe: Sesbanieae
Genus: Sesbania
Species:
S. formosa
Binomial name
Sesbania formosa
Synonyms

Agati formosum F.Muell.

Sesbania formosa (common names - White dragon tree, Vegetable humming bird, Swamp corkwood; Dragon tree; Dragon flower tree)[2] is a leguminous tree native to northern Australia,[3] first described in 1860 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Agati formosum, from specimens collected the banks of the Victoria and Fitzmaurice Rivers.[4][5] It was transferred to the genus, Sesbania, by Nancy Burbidge in 1965.[4][6]

It is native to Western Australia and the Northern Territory,[3] and grows in tropical wetlands,[1] to heights of 20 to 30 feet,[5] in closed forests or swampy sites, from sea level to 100 m.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2019-2: Sesbania formosa". iucnredlist.org. 2019. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  2. 1 2 "Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants: Sesbania formosa". apps.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  3. 1 2 "Sesbania formosa (F.Muell.) N.T.Burb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  4. 1 2 "Sesbania formosa". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  5. 1 2 Mueller, F.J.H. von (1860). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 2. p. 88.
  6. ↑ NT Burbidge (1965). "The Australian species of Sesbania Scopoli (Leguminosae)". Australian Journal of Botany. 13 (1): 103. doi:10.1071/BT9650103. ISSN 0067-1924. Wikidata Q95996205.
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