View source for Cleome ← Cleome You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Cleome |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=2: 671. 1753 |year=1753 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 302. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Spiderflower |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Cleomaceae;Cleome |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cleomaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cleome]]</div></div> |etymology=Origin obscure, perhaps from Greek kleos, glory, or after Kleo, Greek muse of history, first used by Priscian, fourteenth-century medical writer |volume=Volume 7 |mention_page=page 201, 205, 218, 222 |treatment_page=page 215 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual or perennial.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>unbranched or sparsely branched;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem architecture;stem architecture;stem pubescence;stem pubescence;stem pubescence;stem pubescence;stem pubescence;stem pubescence">glandular-pubescent, glabrous, glabrescent, or scabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stipule presence;stipule shape"><b>Leaves:</b> stipules absent or scalelike;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="">petiole with pulvinus basally or distally, (petiolule basally adnate, forming pulvinar disc);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="leaflet quantity;leaflet atypical quantity;leaflet quantity">leaflets 1 or 3 [–11] (flat).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal or axillary (from distal leaves), racemes (flat-topped or elongated);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="bract presence">bracts present [absent].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>zygomorphic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="sepal duration;sepal fusion;sepal variability">sepals persistent, basally connate (1/2 of length), equal (each often subtending a nectary);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal variability">petals equal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stamen atypical quantity;stamen quantity">stamens [4] 6;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="filament pubescence;androgynophore shape;androgynophore shape">filaments inserted on a discoid or conical androgynophore, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="anther shape">anthers (oblong to linear), coiling as pollen released;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="gynophore orientation">gynophore recurved in fruit [obsolete].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="fruits capsule dehiscence;fruits capsule shape"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, dehiscent, oblong.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>4–25, reniform or ovoid-spheroidal, arillate or not, (cleft fused between ends).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed quantity;seed shape;seed shape;seed architecture;seed architecture;x chromosome quantity">x = 10 (?).</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Old World;warm temperate and tropical areas |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species ca. 20 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>The center of diversity of Cleome is in southwestern Asia. There are only two true Cleome in North America. Other native and adventive species formerly included in Cleome are placed in Arivela, Cleoserrata, Gynandropsis, Hemiscola, Peritoma, and Tarenaya.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Capsules 25-35 mm; bracts mostly unifoliate; leaflet blade linear to elliptic. |[[Cleome ornithopodioides|Cleome ornithopodioides]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Capsules 40-70 mm; bracts trifoliate; leaflet blade oblanceolate to rhombic-elliptic. |[[Cleome rutidosperma|Cleome rutidosperma]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Cleome |author=Gordon C. Tucker |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Cleomaceae |distribution=Old World;warm temperate and tropical areas |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V7/V7_299.xml |genus=Cleome |androgynophore shape=conical;discoid |anther shape=coiling |bract presence=absent |filament pubescence=glabrous |flower architecture=zygomorphic |fruits capsule dehiscence=dehiscent |fruits capsule shape=oblong |gynophore orientation=recurved |inflorescence position=axillary;terminal |leaflet atypical quantity=3;11 |leaflet quantity=3;1 |petal variability=equal |seed architecture=not;arillate |seed quantity=4;25 |seed shape=ovoid-spheroidal;reniform |sepal duration=persistent |sepal fusion=connate |sepal variability=equal |stamen atypical quantity=4 |stamen quantity=6 |stem architecture=branched;unbranched |stem pubescence=scabrous;glabrescent;scabrous;glabrescent;glabrous;glandular-pubescent |stipule presence=absent |stipule shape=scale-like |whole_organism duration=perennial;annual |whole_organism growth form=herb |x chromosome quantity=10 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Cleomaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Cleomaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Cleome.