Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Sesbania punicea |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Family common name(s) | legume; legumes; leguminosae; pea; bean; clover; pulse; pulses |
| Genus common name(s) | sesbania; sesban; sesbane; river-hemp; riverhemp; river hemp |
| Species common name(s) | purple sesbania; purple sesban; purple sesbane; purple rattle-bush; purple rattlebox; scarlet sesban; red sesbania; red sesban; red seine bean; red rattlebox tree; rattlebox sesbania; Brazil rattlebox; rattelbox; false-rattlebox; false poinciana; Brazilian glory pea; tame acacia |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | scarlet wisteria is applied to multiple Sesbania taxa; rattlebox, rattle-box, rattle box, rattlebox tree, purple rattlebox, red rattlebox, rattle-pod, rattle pod, rattlepod, coffeeweed, coffee weed, coffee-weed, Spanish gold, Spanish-gold, Spanishgold are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | Notes | Brazil, Brazilian are proper names, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Sesbania tripetii Hort. ex F.T. Hubb. |
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