Cleome spinosa
Cleome spinosa, called the spiny spider flower, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cleome, native to the New World Tropics, and introduced to the United States, tropical Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Vietnam, New Caledonia, and Korea.[2] It is pollinated by bats.[3]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Cleomaceae |
| Genus: | Cleome |
| Species: | C. spinosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Cleome spinosa | |
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References
- Enum. Syst. Pl.: 26 (1760)
- "Cleome spinosa Jacq". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- 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.
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