Cleomaceae
Cleome

Cleome speciosa Raf.

First published in Fl. Ludov.: 86 (1817)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Nicaragua. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua

Introduced into:

Assam, Bangladesh, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nepal, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Taiwan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(2): 1-524. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. (ed.) (1960-1972). Flora Malesiana 6: 1-1023. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192. [Cited as Cleoserrata speciosa.]
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. [Cited as Cleoserrata speciosa.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(2): 1-524. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
  • Mao, A.A., Sinha, B.K., Verma, D. & Sarma, N. (2016). Check-List of Flora of Meghalaya: 1-273. Meghalaya Biodiversity Board, Shillong.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Watson, M.F. & al. (eds.) (2011). Flora of Nepal 3: 1-425. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 7: 1-499. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1968 Hinrton, G.B.; et al. [9239] Mexico K001294389 No
Jan 1, 1968 Mexico K000220440 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1952 Hinrton, G.B.; et al. [5403] Mexico K001294383 No
Jan 1, 1952 Hinrton, G.B.; et al. [5403] Mexico K001294384 No
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [11472] Mexico K001294415 No
Leroy [s.n.] Bermuda K001294424 No
Hinrton, G.B. [4725] Mexico K001294314 No
Botteri, M. [785] Mexico K001294417 No
Hinrton, G.B.; et al. [9292] Mexico K001294316 No
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [13142] Mexico K001294046 No
Hinton, G.B. [7007] Mexico K001294388 No
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [13142] Mexico K001294421 No
Hinrton, G.B.; et al. [7103] Mexico K001294307 No
Rosas R., M. [47] Mexico K001294412 No
Hinrton, G.B.; et al. [9595] Mexico K001294315 No
Andrieux, G. [531] Mexico K001294423 No
Hinrton, G.B. [1660] Mexico K001294308 No
Bourgeau, E. [2323] Mexico K001294385 No
Jurgensen, J. [584] Mexico K001294387 No
Botteri, M. [789] Mexico K001294418 No
Hinrton, G.B. [4846] Mexico K001294309 No
Andrieux, G. [531 (294)] Mexico K001294425 No
Gonzalez Ortega, J. [1637] Mexico K001294419 No
Langlassé, E. [318] Mexico K001294426 No
Purpus, C.A. [16453] Mexico K001294312 No
Hinrton, G.B. [5217] Mexico K001294310 No
Purpus, C.A. [16453] Mexico K001294311 No
Bourgeau, E. [2898] Mexico K001294420 No
Mogensen, B. [1086] Mexico K001294414 No
Schaffner [40] Mexico K001294416 No
Galeotti, H. [4651] Mexico K001294386 No
Hinrton, G.B. [1243] Mexico K001294313 No
Gaumer, G.F. [1329] Mexico K001294413 No
Hinrton, G.B.; et al. [7103] Mexico K001294306 No
Jurgensen, C. [584] Mexico K001294422 No
Cleome speciosa K000220463 Unknown Type Material Yes
Friedrichsthal [s.n.] Guatemala Cleome speciosa K001294572 No
Cleoserrata speciosa K001294424 No
Mexico Cleoserrata speciosa K001294423 No
Mexico Cleoserrata speciosa K001294420 No
Mexico Cleoserrata speciosa K001294417 No
Mexico Cleoserrata speciosa K001294416 No
Mexico Cleoserrata speciosa K001294426 No
Mexico Cleoserrata speciosa K001294413 No
Mexico Cleoserrata speciosa K001294412 No
Mexico Cleoserrata speciosa K001294414 No
Mexico Cleoserrata speciosa K001294046 No
Mexico Cleoserrata speciosa K001294421 No
Mexico Cleoserrata speciosa K001294425 No
Mexico Cleoserrata speciosa K001294419 No
Mexico Cleoserrata speciosa K001294418 No
Mexico Cleoserrata speciosa K001294422 No

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  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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