Cleomella arborea

Cleomella arborea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Cleomaceae
Genus: Cleomella
Species:
C. arborea
Binomial name
Cleomella arborea
(Nutt.) Roalson & J.C.Hall (2015)
Varieties[1]
  • Cleomella arborea var. angustata (Parish) J.C.Hall & Roalson
  • Cleomella arborea var. arborea
  • Cleomella arborea var. globosa (Coville) J.C.Hall & Roalson
Synonyms[1]
  • Cleome isomeris Greene (1888)
  • Isomeris arborea Nutt. (1838)
  • Peritoma arborea (Nutt.) Iltis (2007)

Cleomella arborea[2][3][4] (synonyms Peritoma arborea, Cleome isomeris, and Isomeris arborea[5]), is a perennial shrub or bush in the spiderflower family (Cleomaceae) known by the common names bladderpod, bladderpod spiderflower and burro-fat.[6][7][8][9] It has yellow flowers in bloom all months of the year.[8] It emits a foul odor to discourage herbivory from insects.[8]

  1. ^ a b Cleomella arborea (Nutt.) Roalson & J.C.Hall. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  2. ^ Patchell, Melanie J.; Roalson, Eric H.; Hall, Jocelyn C. (2014-04-01). "Resolved phylogeny of Cleomaceae based on all three genomes". Taxon. 63 (2): 315–328. doi:10.12705/632.17.
  3. ^ Roalson, Eric H.; Hall, Jocelyn C.; Riser II, James P.; Cardinal-McTeague, Warren M.; Cochrane, Theodore S.; Sytsma, Kenneth J. (2015-04-21). "A revision of generic boundaries and nomenclature in the North American cleomoid clade (Cleomaceae)". Phytotaxa. 205 (3): 129. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.205.3.1. ISSN 1179-3163.
  4. ^ "Cleomella arborea (Nutt.) Roalson & J.C.Hall | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  5. ^ Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd Ed. 2013, P. 314
  6. ^ "Peritoma arborea". in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora. Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  7. ^ USDA, NRCS. (2018). "Cleome isomeris". The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  8. ^ a b c Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p. 230
  9. ^ Flora of North America Editorial Committee, ed. (1993–2018). "Peritoma arborea". Flora of North America North of Mexico. 20+ vols. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 2018-07-18.