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Family : Capparaceae |
Family (APGIII) : CLEOMACEAE |
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 2: ? (1753)  |
Information on the genus : Cleome |
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Status
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Status for NA : | accepted (weed) |
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Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq. (1914) |
Pedicellaria gynandra (L.) Chiov. |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Cleome pentaphylla L. |
=Pedicellaria pentaphylla (L.) Schrank |
=Gynandropsis pentaphylla (L.) DC. (1824) |
=Cleome heterotricha Burch. (1822) |
=Gynandropsis heterotricha (Burch.) DC. (1824) |
=Gynandropsis triphylla (L.) DC. |
=Cleome triphylla L. |
=Cleome candelabrum Sims |
=Cleome acuta Schumach. & Thonn. |
=Cleome denticulata (DC.) Schult. f. |
=Gynandropsis denticulata DC. |
=Cleome eckloniana Schrad. |
=Gynandropsis pentaphylla var. sativa A. Chev. |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Erect, annual herb, 20-120 cm. |
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see more in the book |
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Ecology : |
Wet places, sometimes weedy, open dune vegetation; 10-540 (-1850) m alt. (Somalia) – Disturbed or cultivated ground, roadsides, perhaps wild on rocky shallow soil in deciduous bushland; 0-2400 m alt. (E Africa). |
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Common. S. Africa; Madagascar; most of the tropics and subtropics. |
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Biol./Eco : |
annual-Herb- Ht 0.25 - 0.6 m.in states: BOT, NAM, FS, GA, KN, LP, MP, NC, NW |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Peyre de Fabrègues B. & J. P. Lebrun (1976). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger. Maison Alfort
- Boudet G. & J.P. Lebrun (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:173 (2012)
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
- César J. & C. Chatelain (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Fl. S. Africa 13: 138-139 (1970).
- Food plants of Zimbabwe : 41 (1986).
Bibliography for North Africa :
- OZENDA, P. (1983). Flore et végétation du Sahara. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.
- Med-Checklist 1: 156 (1984).
- BARRY J. P. & J. C. CELLES (1991). Flore de Mauritanie. Institut supérieur scientifique de Nouakchott - Université de Nice.
- LEBRUN, J. P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires de la Mauritanie et du Sahara occidental. Boissiera 55: 38
- BOULOS, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 181
- Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 30: 29-35 (2011)
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base |
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
see under The International Plant Name Index |
see under Namibia photo from Kyffhauser |
see under Flora of Mozambique |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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Record n°12757 modified 2007-04-16 |
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