Cleome

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Cleome
Cleome hassleriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Brassicales Family: Cleomaceae Genus: Cleome L.
Species
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Cleome is a genus of flowering plants traditionally included in the family Capparaceae. Some recent classifications (e.g. the APG II system^[1]) have included the Capparaceae within Brassicaceae, while others classifications have transferred Cleome (along with other related genera) to its own family Cleomaceae, separate from both Capparaceae and Brassicaceae.^[2]

The genus includes about 170 species of herbaceous annual or perennial plants and shrubs.^[3] The genus has a subcosmopolitan distribution throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world.^[3]

[edit] Selected species

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Cleome aculeata L. , tropical Cleome anomala Kunth; neo-tropical Cleome arborea Kunth Cleome augustinensis (Hochr.) Briq. Cleome chilensis DC. Cleome cordobensis Eichler ex Griseb. Cleome diffusa Banks ex DC. Cleome eosina J.F.Macbr. Cleome flexuosa F.Dietr. Cleome gigantea L. Cleome glabra Taub. ex Glaz. Cleome guianensis Aubl. Cleome gynandra L. Cleome hassleriana Chodat Cleome herrerae J.F.Macbr. Cleome hirta (Klotzsch) Oliv. Cleome iberica DC. Cleome isomeris Greene Cleome lanceolata (Mart. & Zucc.) H.H.Iltis Cleome lechleri Eichler Cleome lutea Hook. Cleome micrantha Desv. ex Ham. Cleome monophylla L.

Cleome multicaulis DC. Cleome ornithopodioides L. Cleome paludosa Willd. ex Eichler Cleome parviflora Kunth Cleome pilosa Cleome platycarpa Torr. Cleome psoraleifolia DC. Cleome rubella Burch. Cleome rutidosperma DC. Cleome serrata Jacq. Cleome serrulata Pursh Cleome sparsifolia S.Wats. Cleome speciosa Raf. Cleome spinosa Jacq. Cleome stenophylla Klotzsch ex Urban Cleome stylosa Eichler Cleome titubans Speg. Cleome trachycarpa Klotzsch ex Eichler Cleome tucumanensis H.H.Iltis Cleome violacea L. Cleome viridiflora Schreb. Cleome viscosa L. Cleome werdermannii A. Ernst

[edit] Cultivation and uses

Cleome hassleriana (spider flower) is a commonly cultivated garden plant, which can become invasive if attention is not paid to removing it before it can shed its seeds.

[edit] References

1. ^ Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards) Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Brassicales.
2. ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Cleome
3. ^ ^{a b c} Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening 1: 652-653. Macmillan ISBN 1-56159-001-0.
4. ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Cleome list
5. ^ Flora Europaea: Cleome list
6. ^ USDA Plants Profile: Cleome list
7. ^ Efloras: Cleome search results