Pedaliaceae

Pedaliaceae
Uncarina grandidieri
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Uncarina ankaranensis

Pedaliaceae (pedalium family or sesame family) is a flowering plant in the Scrophulariales family.

Sesame, 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.