Cleome gynandra

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Cleome gyandra L. • Cleome pentaphylla L. • Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq.

Notes

Publishing author : L. Publication : Sp. Pl. 2: 671 1753 [1 May 1753]

Similar Species

Members of the genus Cleome

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 42 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

C. aculeata (Prickly Spider-Flower) · C. affinis (Mussabe) · C. diffusa (Spreading Spider-Flower) · C. dodecandra (Red-Whisker Clammyweed) · C. gynandra (African Spider Flower) · C. hassleriana (Crown Flower) · C. hassleriana 'Cherry Queen' (Grandfathers Whiskers) · C. hassleriana 'Colour Fountain' (Cleome) · C. hassleriana 'Helen Campbell' (Helen Campbell Cleome) · C. hassleriana 'Linde Armstrong' (Grandfathers Whiskers) · C. hassleriana 'Pink Queen' (Grandfathers Whiskers) · C. hassleriana 'Queen Mix' (Grandfathers Whiskers) · C. hassleriana 'Rose Queen' (Grandfathers Whiskers) · C. hassleriana 'Sparkler Blush' (Blush Cleome) · C. hassleriana 'Sparkler Lavender' (Lavender Cleome) · C. hassleriana 'Sparkler Mix' (Cleome) · C. hassleriana 'Sparkler Rose' (Sparkler Rose Cleome) · C. hassleriana 'Sparkler White' (Grandfathers Whiskers) · C. hassleriana 'Spirit Apple Blossom' (Spirit Apple Blossom Cleome) · C. hassleriana 'Spirit Damask' (Pink Queen) · C. hassleriana 'Violet Queen' (Grandfathers Whiskers) · C. hassleriana 'White Queen' (Grandfathers Whiskers) · C. iberica (Iberian Spiderflower) · C. isomeris (Bladderpod) · C. lutea (Yellow Bee Plant) · C. lutea var. jonesii (Jones Spiderflower) · C. lutea var. jonesii J.F.Macbr. (Jones Spiderflower) · C. lutea var. lutea (Yellow Spiderflower) · C. multicaulis (Many-Stemmed Spider-Flower) · C. ornithopodioides (Bird Spider-Flower) · C. platycarpa (Broadpod Cleome) · C. rutidosperma (Ciliate Spider-Flower) · C. serrata (Toothed Spider-Flower) · C. serrulata (Bee Spider-Flower) · C. serrulata 'Solo' (Dwarf Spider Flower) · C. sparsifolia (Few-Leaf Spider-Flower) · C. speciosa (Volantines Preciosos) · C. spinosa (Spider Flower) · C. spinosa 'Rose Queen' (Rose Queen Cleome) · C. stenophylla (Tropical Spiderflower) · C. viscosa (Asian Spider-Flower) · C. 'Sparkler White' (White Cleome)

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Further Reading

• 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 118.
• A manual of botany, including the structure, classification, properties, uses, and functions of plants. London, J & A. Churchill, 1887. url p. 453.
• A provisional list of the indigenous and naturalized flowering plants of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica, Aston W. Gardner & Co., 1893. url .
• An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants, Manila, Bureau of Printing, 1922-26. url p. 209.
• An illustrated flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. Stanford University, Stanford University Press, 1923-[60] url p. 322.
• An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian / by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Hon. Addison Brown. New York: Scribner, 1913. url p. 196, p. 196.
• Bartonia;proceedings of the Philadelphia botanical club. .. 47 - 51 1980 - 19 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Botanical Club, Academy of Natural Sciences. url p. 41.
• Botanical publications of E.D. Merrill. [New York, etc., 1899- url p. 209.
• Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. London: The Natural History Museum, c1993-2002. url p. 155.
• Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden. 8 1912-1914 Lancaster, Pa.: Published for the Garden by the New Era Printing Co., url p. 390.
• Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden. New York: The Garden, 1899- url p. 40.
• Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium. 14 1980 Ann Arbor: University Herbarium, University of Michigan, 1939- url p. 130.
• Dedication papers: scientific papers presented at the dedication of the laboratory building and plant houses, April 19-21, 1917. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1918. url p. 48.
• Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 100, p. 101, p. 62.
• Flora Vitiensis nova: a new Flora of Fiji (spermatophytes only) / Albert C. Smith. Lawaii, Hawaii: Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, 1979- url p. 699, p. 700, p. 702.
• Flora of Bermuda. .. by Nathaniel Lord Britton. .. New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1918. url p. 156.
• Flora of Bermuda... by Nathaniel Lord Britton... New York, Scribner, 1918. url p. 156.
• Flora of the vicinity of New York; a contribution to plant geography. [New York]1915 url p. 350.
• Manual of the southeastern flora: being descriptions of the seed plants growing naturally in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, eastern Louisiana, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. 1933 New York: The author, 1933. url p. 576.
• Memoirs / Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Brooklyn, N.Y.: The Garden, 1918-1936. url p. 48.
• Novon a journal of botanical nomenclature from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 7 1997 St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden, url p. 370.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 345.
• The Bahama flora, New York, The Authors, 1920. url .
• The Bahama flora, by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Charles Frederick Millspaugh. New York, Published by the authors, 1920. url p. 149, p. 149, p. 149, p. 149.
• The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. 24 1888 London: the Society: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green: ||Williams and Norgate, 1865-1968. url p. 146.
• The Philippine journal of science. 3 1908 Manila. url p. 182, p. 448.
• The flora of the American Virgin Islands / N.L. Britton. New York: New York Botanical Garden, 1918. url p. 48.
• The vegetation of Mona Island, a paper read by invitation at the twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of the Missouri Botanical Garden, October 15, 1914. St Louis, 1915. url p. 40.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed August 01, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 20, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
• Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility, Magnoliophyta
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2648340
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-22616
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13741957
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:83395-3
• GRIN Nomen Number: 310634
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 22616
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 147079-1
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDCPP03030
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: GYGY
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 31556

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