Biology:Cleomella

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Cleomella
Cleomellaplocasperma.jpg
Cleomella plocasperma (Bureau of Land Management photo)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Cleomaceae
Genus: Cleomella
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Species[1]

22; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Isomeris Nutt. (1838)
  • Isopara Raf. (1832)
  • Oxystylis Torr. & Frém. (1845)
  • Peritoma DC. (1824)
  • Wislizenia Engelm. (1848)

Cleomella is a genus of flowering plants.[2] It includes 22 species of native to North America, ranging from southern Mexico through the western and central United States to western and central Canada.[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.[3] 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.

22 species are accepted.[1]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5131682 entry