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Cleome

The genus Cleome is in the family Cleomaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cleome

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Cleome aculeata L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome affinis DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome afrospina H.H.Iltis Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome albescens Franch. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome allamanii Chiov. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome amblyocarpa Barratte & Murb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome angustifolia Forssk. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome anomala Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome arabica L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome arborea Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome ariana Hedge & Lamond Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome aspera J.König ex DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome asperrima Blatt. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome augustinensis (Hochr.) Briq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome austroarabica D.F.Chamb. & Lamond Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome bangiana Gilg ex Heilbr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome bicolor Gardner Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome bojeri Hadj-Moust. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome boliviensis Iltis Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome bororensis (Klotzsch) Oliv. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome brachiata (Bojer) Briq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome brachyadenia Schwartz Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome brachycarpa (Forssk.) Vahl ex DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome brasiliensis Weinm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome brevipetiolata D.F.Chamb. & Lamond Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome briquetii Polhill Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome burttii R.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome canescens Stev. ex DC. Accepted M TRO
Cleome cardinalis DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome carnosa (Pax) Gilg & Benedict Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome chapalaensis Iltis Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome chelidonii L.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome chilensis DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome chodatiana H.H.Iltis Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome christii Urb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome chrysantha Decne. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome × chrysogyna Gilg ex Heilborn Accepted M TRO
Cleome circassica Tzvelev Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome cleomoides (F.Muell.) H.H.Iltis Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome coeruleorosea Gilg & Benedict Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome coluteoides Boiss. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome conrathii Burtt Davy Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome consimilis Ernst Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome costaricensis Iltis Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome cremoloba Turcz. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome dendroidea Schult. & Schult.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome densifolia C.H.Wright Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome dichotoma Turcz. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome diffusa Banks ex DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome dodecaphylla Vell. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome dolichostyla Jafri Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome droserifolia (Forssk.) Delile Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome dumosa Baker Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome elegantissima Briq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome eosina J.F.Macbr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome erosa Urb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome eyerdamii Standl. & F.A.Barkley Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome felina L.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome fimbriata Vicary Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome foliolosa DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome foliosa Hook.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome fosteriana H.H.Iltis Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome friesii Heilborn Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome frutescens Aubl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome gallaensis Gilg & Benedict Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome gardneri Briq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome gaudichaudii Briq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome glandulosa Ruiz & Pav. ex DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome glaucescens DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome gobica Grubov Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome gossweileri Exell Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome goudotii Briq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome grandidieri Baill. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome guianensis Aubl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome gynandra L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome hadramautica Thulin Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome hanburyana Penz. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome hemsleyana (Bullock) H.H.Iltis Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome heratensis Bunge & Bien. ex Boiss. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome heydeana Donn. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Cleome hirta (Klotzsch) Oliv. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome horrida Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome houstonii R.Br. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome houtteana Schltdl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome iberica DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome iberidella Welw. ex Oliv. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome indecora Liebm. ex Schouw Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome inermis Malme Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome isomeris Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome jamesonii Briq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome kalachariensis Gilg & Benedict Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome kelleriana (Schinz) Gilg & Benedict Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cleome kenneallyi Hewson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome kermesina Gilg & Benedict Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome kersiana Thulin Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome khorassanica Bunge & Bien. ex Boiss. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome laburnifolia Roessler Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome lanceolata (Mart. & Zucc.) H.H.Iltis Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome latifolia Vahl ex DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome lechleri Eichler Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome lilloi M.Gómez Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome limoneolens J.F.Macbr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome linophylla (O.Schwarz) Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cleome longifolia C.Presl Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome longipes Lamb. ex DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome lutea Hook. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome macradenia Schweinf. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome macrantha Turcz. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome macrophylla (Klotzsch) Briq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome macrorhiza C.Wright Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome maculata (Sond.) Szyszyl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome magnifica Briq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome mathewsii Briq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome melanosperma S.Watson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome mexicana (DC.) D.Dietr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome microaustralica H.H.Iltis Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome microcarpa Ule Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome monophylla L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome monophylloides R.Wilczek Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome moricandii Briq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome moritziana Klotzsch ex Eichler Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome mossamedensis Exell & Mendonça Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome multicaulis Moç. & Sessé ex DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome niamniamensis Schweinf. & Gilg ex Gilg Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome oligandra Kers Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome omanensis (D.F.Chamb. & Lamond) Thulin Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome ornithopodioides L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome ovalifolia Deflers Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome oxalidea F.Muell. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome oxypetala Boiss. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome oxyphylla Burch. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome pachystigma Briq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome pakistanica (Jafri) Khatoon & A.Perveen Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome paludosa Willd. ex Eichler Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cleome palustris Salzm. ex Turce Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome paradoxa R.Br. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome parviflora Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome parvipetala R.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome parvisepala Heilborn Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome parvula R.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome paxii (Schinz) Gilg & Benedict Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cleome perplexa Briq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome perrieri Hadj-Moust. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome pilosa Benth. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome platycarpa Torr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome polyanthera Schweinf. & Gilg ex Gilg Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome polytricha Franch. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome potosina B.L.Rob. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome procumbens Jacq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome pruinosa T.Anderson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome pruriens Planch. & Triana Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome pulchella Schult. & Schult.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome purpurea DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome quinquenervia DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome raddeana Trautv. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome ramosissina Parl. ex Webb Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome regnellii Eichler Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome rosea Vahl ex DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome rostrata Bobrov Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome rotundifolia (Mart. & Zucc.) H.H.Iltis Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome rubella Burch. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome rubelloides Kers Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome rubiginosa Planch. & Triana Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome rupicola Vicary Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome rutidosperma DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome scaposa DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome schimperi Pax Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome schlechteri Briq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome selloana Klotzsch ex Eichler Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome semitetandra Sond. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome serrulata Pursh Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome sessilifolia Schult. & Schult.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome siliculifera Eichler Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome silvatica Gilg & Benedict Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome simplicifolia Hook.f. & Thomson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome sinaloensis Brandegee Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome socotrana Balf.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome sparsifolia S.Watson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome spinosa Jacq. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome stenopetala Gilg & Benedict Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome stenophylla Klotzsch ex Urb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome stevensiana Schult. & Schult.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome stricta (Klotzsch) R.A.Graham Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome strigosa (Bojer) Oliv. Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cleome stylosa Eichler Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome suffruticosa Schinz Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome tenella L.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome tenuifolia (Mart. & Zucc.) H.H.Iltis Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome tenuis S.Watson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome tetrandra Banks ex DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome titubans Speg. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome torticarpa H.H.Iltis & T.Ruíz Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome trachycarpa Klotzsch ex Eichler Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome trollii Ernst Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome tucumanensis H.H.Iltis Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome tunarensis Kuntze Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome turkmena Bobrov Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome uncifera Kers Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome usambarica Pax ex Engl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome villosa Gardner Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome violacea L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome virens J.F.Macbr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome viridiflora Schreb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome viscosa L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome werdermannii Ernst Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cleome yunnanensis W.W.Sm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 477 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cleome. Of these 206 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 68 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cleome. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 477 species names for the genus Cleome recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 206 43.2%
Synonym 194 40.7%
Unplaced 33 6.9%
Unassessed 44 9.2%

All names

The status of the 545 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cleome recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 219 40.2%
Synonym 249 45.7%
Unplaced 33 6.1%
Unassessed 44 8.1%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 477 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cleome, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 201 186 0 0 387 81.1%
Low confidence 5 8 33 44 90 18.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Cleome, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 3 12 0 18 0 33 6.9%
WCSP (in review) 203 182 33 26 0 444 93.1%