Cleome spinosa

Cleome spinosa
At the University of Wrocław Botanical Garden
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Cleomaceae
Genus: Cleome
Species:
C. spinosa
Binomial name
Cleome spinosa
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Cleome erucago Mill.
    • Cleome heptaphylla L.
    • Cleome pubescens Sims
    • Cleome pungens Willd.
    • Cleome pungens var. swartziana Griseb.
    • Cleome sandwicensis A.Gray
    • Cleome spinosa Sw.
    • Cleome spinosa f. pungens (Willd.) Eichler
    • Cleome spinosa var. subinermis Kuntze
    • Cleome tonduzii Briq.
    • Neocleome spinosa (Jacq.) Small
    • Tarenaya spinosa (Jacq.) Raf.
Photo of a spiny spiderflower in Pennsylvania.

Cleome spinosa, called the spiny spiderflower, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cleome. It is native to the New World Tropics, and has been introduced to the United States, tropical Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Vietnam, New Caledonia, and Korea.[2] It is pollinated by bats.[3]

References

  1. ^ Enum. Syst. Pl.: 26 (1760)
  2. ^ a b "Cleome spinosa Jacq". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  3. ^ Machado, Isabel; Cristina Lopes, Ariadna; Valentina Leite, Ana; Virgíniade Brito Neves, Cleci (2006). "Cleome spinosa (Capparaceae): Polygamodioecy and pollination by bats in urban and Caatinga areas, northeastern Brazil". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 127: 69–82. doi:10.1127/0006-8152/2006/0127-0069.