View source for Sesbania punicea

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|accepted_name=Sesbania punicea
|accepted_authority=(Cavanilles) Bentham in C. F. P. von Martius et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bras.
|place=15(1): 43. 1859
|year=1859
}}
|common_names=Rattlebox;scarlet sesban
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Piscidia punicea
|authority=Cavanilles
|rank=species
|publication_title=Icon.
|publication_place=4: 8, plate 316.  1797
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aeschynomene miniata
|authority=Ortega
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Daubentonia punicea
|authority=(Cavanilles) de Candolle
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sesbania tripetii
|authority=(Poiteau) Mouillefert
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Fabaceae;Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae;Sesbania;Sesbania punicea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fabaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sesbania]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sesbania punicea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 11
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, to 4 m. <b>Stems</b> glabrous in age; pith spongy, soon becoming obsolete. <b>Leaves</b> 4.5–30+ cm; stipules 0.4–0.5 cm, with inconspicuous inner fold 2/3 its length, inner fold and base often with stipitate, multicellular glands and long, simple hairs; pulvinus less than 1/2 as long as petiole; rachis ± appressed-pilose, with or without stipitate glands in canal, stipitate gland present at petiolule base; stipels narrow, gland tipped; leaflets 14–40, blades elliptic to oblong-obovate, base acute-obtuse, apex truncate to obtuse, surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent abaxially, usually glabrous adaxially. <b>Peduncles</b> (1.1–)2.1–2.4(–3.3) cm. <b>Inflorescences</b> 5–15+-flowered, racemes. <b>Flowers</b> (1.8–)2–2.2(–2.5) cm; calyx ± zygomorphic, usually absent at fruit maturity, lobes 5, short and broad, sinuses shallow, rim of tube glabrous, stalked glands absent; corolla orange-grenadine-red; banner ovate, base truncate, apex emarginate, calluses as relatively small, acute teeth at claw base; wings without basal tooth; keel ± same color throughout, apex rounded-obtuse, curved upward, without basal tooth; stamens curved upward within keel; style curved upward with stamens; ovules 6 or 7(–10). <b>Legumes</b> red-brown, with or without horizontal mottling, 4-angled, square in cross section, ± straight, with pronounced, spreading wings, torulose or not, (5.2–)8.8–9.5(–10.7) × (0.7–)0.8(–9) cm, seed compartments slightly pronounced externally in age, beak long-pyramidal to triangular, (0.5–)0.9–1(–1.4) cm, tardily dehiscent; stipe (0.8–)1.1–1.2(–1.6) cm. <b>Seeds</b> (1–)6 or 7(–10), red-brown to gray, without mottling, globose to reniform-orbicular. <b>2n</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering early summer–fall.
|habitat=Wet areas, riparian, wetlands, coastal, disturbed sites.
|elevation=0–500 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.;South America;introduced also in e Mexico;West Indies;Central America;Africa (South Africa).
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Sesbania punicea is used as an ornamental and is commonly sold under the name Scarlet Sesban. This native of central South America can survive short freezes and has escaped and become a noxious weed in some wetland locations.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Sesbania punicea
|authority=(Cavanilles) Bentham in C. F. P. von Martius et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Aeschynomene miniata;Daubentonia punicea;Sesbania tripetii
|basionyms=Piscidia punicea
|family=Fabaceae
|phenology=Flowering early summer–fall.
|habitat=Wet areas, riparian, wetlands, coastal, disturbed sites.
|elevation=0–500 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.;South America;introduced also in e Mexico;West Indies;Central America;Africa (South Africa).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bras.
|publication year=1859
|special status=Weedy;Introduced
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/master/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V11/V11_1033.xml
|subfamily=Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae
|genus=Sesbania
|species=Sesbania punicea
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