Cleome

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cleomaceae – some flowering plants, some called spiderflowers, of warm temperate to tropical environments worldwide.

Formerly placed in family Capparaceae.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Brassicales – order; Cleomaceae – family

• (genus): Cleome ornithopodioides (bird spiderflower) – type species; Cleome aculeata (prickly spiderflower, syn. Tarenaya aculeata), Cleome aldenella (slenderleaf clammyweed), Cleome angustifolia (yellow mouse whiskers), Cleome anomala (syn. Andinocleome anomala), Cleome chelidonii, Cleome chilensis, Cleome cordobensis, Cleome diffusa (spreading spiderflower), Cleome foliosa (leafy spindlepod), Cleome gigantea, Cleome guianensis, Cleome gynandra (spiderwisp), Cleome hassleriana (spider flower), , Cleome hirta (hairy spindlepod), Cleome houtteana (spider flower), Cleome iberica (Iberian spiderflower), Cleome lechleri, Cleome maculata (spotted cleome), Cleome monophylla (singleleaf spindlepod), Cleome parviflora, Cleome pilosa, Cleome rubella (pretty lady), Cleome rutidosperma (puple cleome), Cleome serrata, Cleome speciosa, Cleome spinosa (spiny spiderflower), Cleome stenophylla, Cleome titubans, Cleome trachycarpa, Cleome tucumanensis, Cleome uniglandulosa (Mexican clammyweed), Cleome violacea, Cleome viridiflora, Cleome viscosa (Asian spiderflower) – selected other species

• Andinocleome
• Areocleome
• Cleomella
• Cleoserrata

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