Cleomella
Cleomella plocasperma : Bureau of Land Management photo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Cleomaceae
Genus: Cleomella
DC.
Species

About 10 - See text

Cleomella is a small genus of about ten species of flowering plants.[1] Like their relatives, the cleomes, plants of this genus have traditionally been included in the caper family Capparaceae but have recently been moved into a new family, Cleomaceae.[2] Cleomella are annual wildflowers native to the dry and desert regions of western North America. They are similar to cleomes in appearance. They are erect and branching with leaves divided into three leaflets and inflorescences of yellow flowers with long stamens. Cleomella species are known commonly as stinkweeds or simply cleomellas.

Species include:

References

  1. Iltis, Hugh H. (1956). "Studies in the Capparidaceae Ii. the Mexican Species of Cleomella: Taxonomy and Evolution". Madroño. 13 (6): 177–189. ISSN 0024-9637.
  2. Thulin, Mats (June 2022). "The names of Dipterygium glaucum and Rorida cornus‐africani in Cleome (Cleomaceae), and on the identity of Forsskålʼs Bunias orientalis". Nordic Journal of Botany. 2022 (8). doi:10.1111/njb.03620. ISSN 0107-055X.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.