Adanson, M. (1763), Familles des Plantes 2: 327, 604 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1855), Description of fifty new Australian plants, chiefly from the colony of Victoria. Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science 1: 36 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 212 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Agati Adans. nom. rej.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 39 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Agati Adans. nom. rej.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1: 4 [secondary reference]

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 269 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 138 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 123 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 317 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: From saisaban, the Arabic name of S. aegyptiaca, Poir.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 465 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. (1965), The Australian species of Sesbania Scopoli (Leguminosae). Australian Journal of Botany 13(1): 113-114 [secondary reference]

Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 158-159 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 127 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 296-297, 300 [secondary reference]

Parkinson, P.G. (1987), Adanson's generic names for seed plants. Taxon 36: 85 [secondary reference]

Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawksworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 215 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Sesbania. Flora of New South Wales 2: 406-407 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 22 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Agati Adans. nom. rej.

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region: 432 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Fabaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 211-212 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 97 [secondary reference]

Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 99 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Sesbania. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 595 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 215 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 791 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Sesban Adans. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Agati Adans. nom. rej. isonym: Sesbania Scop. isonym

• APC Dist.: WA, CoI (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), AR (naturalised), NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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