PLANTS Profile for Cleome stenophylla (tropical spiderflower)

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PLANTS Profile

Cleome stenophylla Klotzsch ex Urb.
tropical spiderflower

Symbol:

CLST

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Capparaceae

Duration:

Annual

Forb/herb

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Cleome stenophylla Klotzsch ex Urb.

Distribution:
Cleome stenophylla Klotzsch ex Urb.


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Related Taxa:
Cleome stenophylla Klotzsch ex Urb.

View 14 genera in Capparaceae, 19 species in Cleome

Classification:
Cleome stenophylla Klotzsch ex Urb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Capparaceae – Caper family
Genus	Cleome L. – spiderflower
Species	Cleome stenophylla Klotzsch ex Urb. – tropical spiderflower

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Cleome stenophylla Klotzsch ex Urb.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22632.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 04:39 PM CDT