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Taxon: Cleome hassleriana Chodat

Genus: Cleome
Family: Cleomaceae. Also placed in: Brassicaceae Capparaceae
Nomen number: 310626
Place of publication: Bull. Herb. Boissier 6(app. 1):12. 1898
Comment: often confused with C. spinosa
Name verified on: 31-Oct-1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 08-Sep-2004
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:


Economic importance:


Distributional range:

Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Brazil: Brazil [s.e.]
    Southern South America: Argentina; Paraguay; Uruguay
Other:
  • widely cultivated

References:

  • Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. (F Jam)
  • Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969–. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. (F EntreR)
  • Cabrera, A. L. & E. M. Zardini. 1978. Manual de la flora de los alrededores de Buenos Aires. (Man BuenAir)
  • Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Ross, J. 1972. The flora of Natal. (F Natal)
  • St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands. (L Hawaii)
  • Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Cleome hassleriana Chodat:

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?310626 (22 November 2009)

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