Biology:Cleome spinosa

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Cleome

Cleome spinosa
Cleome spinosa 2013-08-11 02.jpg
At the University of Wrocław Botanical Garden
(Cleome spinosa, Wilh.), da Coleção Brasiliana Iconográfica.jpg
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Cleomaceae
Genus: Cleome
Species:
C. spinosa
Binomial name
Cleome spinosa
Jacq.[1]
Synonyms[2]
Photo of a spiny spiderflower in Pennsylvania.

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

  1. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 26 (1760)
  2. 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. 
  3. 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