Sesbania formosa

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]

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.

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]

  • MNHN: P03076731 collected at 15°29′39″S 131°22′32″E / 15.49416667°S 131.3755555°E / -15.49416667; 131.3755555
    MNHN: P03076731 collected at 15.49416667°S 131.3755555°E / -15.49416667; 131.3755555

References
  1. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2019-2: Sesbania formosa". iucnredlist.org. 2019. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  2. "Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants: Sesbania formosa". apps.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  3. "Sesbania formosa (F.Muell.) N.T.Burb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  4. "Sesbania formosa". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  5. 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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