Cleomella

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
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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]

  1. ^ a b c d Cleomella DC. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  2. ^ 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. JSTOR 41423549.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Calflora Taxon Report
  5. ^ Calflora Taxon Report