Biology:Cleome spinosa
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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Cleome
Cleome spinosa | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Cleomaceae |
Genus: | Cleome |
Species: | C. spinosa
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Cleome spinosa Jacq.[1]
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Cleome spinosa, called the spiny spiderflower, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cleome. It is native to the New World Tropics, and has been has been introduced to the United States, tropical Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Vietnam, New Caledonia, and Korea.[2] It is pollinated by bats.[3]
References
- ↑ Enum. Syst. Pl.: 26 (1760)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cleome spinosa Jacq.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60589-2.
- ↑ Machado, Isabel; Cristina Lopes, Ariadna; Valentina Leite, Ana; Virgíniade Brito Neves, Cleci (2006). "Cleome spinosa (Capparaceae): Polygamodioecy and pollination by bats in urban and Caatinga areas, northeastern Brazil". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 127: 69–82. doi:10.1127/0006-8152/2006/0127-0069.
Wikidata ☰ Q911506 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleome spinosa.
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