Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Brassicales Bromhead
Family
Cleomaceae Horan.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Cleome L., Sp. Pl. 671-672 (1753)
Synonymy:
  • = Arivela Raf.
Vernacular Name(s):
spider flower
 Description

Herbs, sometimes subshrubs. Lvs simple or digitate-compound. Fls solitary or in racemes, actinomorphic or subzygomorphic. Sepals 4, fused or free, persistent or caducous. Petals 4, sessile or clawed, equal or subequal. Stamens (4)–6–(10), free or adnate at base to form a short androgynophore; anthers usually exserted. Ovary on a gynophore; stigma sessile or style very short. Fr. a siliquiform capsule, glabrous or hairy. Seeds many, small, reniform.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Cleome L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Exotic: Casual2
Total3
 Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.