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The genus Cleome is in the family Cleomaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cleome

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cleome aculeata L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome affinis DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome afrospina H.H.Iltis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome albescens Franch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome allamanii Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome amblyocarpa Barratte & Murb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome angustifolia Forssk.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome anomala Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome arabica L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome arborea Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome ariana Hedge & Lamond	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome aspera J.König ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome asperrima Blatt.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome augustinensis (Hochr.) Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome austroarabica D.F.Chamb. & Lamond	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome bangiana Gilg ex Heilbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome bicolor Gardner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome bojeri Hadj-Moust.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome boliviensis Iltis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome bororensis (Klotzsch) Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome brachiata (Bojer) Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome brachyadenia Schwartz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome brachycarpa (Forssk.) Vahl ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome brasiliensis Weinm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome brevipetiolata D.F.Chamb. & Lamond	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome briquetii Polhill	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome burttii R.A.Graham	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome canescens Stev. ex DC.	Accepted		TRO
Cleome cardinalis DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome carnosa (Pax) Gilg & Benedict	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome chapalaensis Iltis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome chelidonii L.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome chilensis DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome chodatiana H.H.Iltis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome christii Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome chrysantha Decne.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome × chrysogyna Gilg ex Heilborn	Accepted		TRO
Cleome circassica Tzvelev	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome cleomoides (F.Muell.) H.H.Iltis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome coeruleorosea Gilg & Benedict	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome coluteoides Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome conrathii Burtt Davy	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome consimilis Ernst	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome costaricensis Iltis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome cremoloba Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome dendroidea Schult. & Schult.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome densifolia C.H.Wright	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome dichotoma Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome diffusa Banks ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome dodecaphylla Vell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome dolichostyla Jafri	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome droserifolia (Forssk.) Delile	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome dumosa Baker	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome elegantissima Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome eosina J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome erosa Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome eyerdamii Standl. & F.A.Barkley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome felina L.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome fimbriata Vicary	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome foliolosa DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome foliosa Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome fosteriana H.H.Iltis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome friesii Heilborn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome frutescens Aubl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome gallaensis Gilg & Benedict	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome gardneri Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome gaudichaudii Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome glandulosa Ruiz & Pav. ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome glaucescens DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome gobica Grubov	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome gossweileri Exell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome goudotii Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome grandidieri Baill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome guianensis Aubl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome gynandra L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome hadramautica Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome hanburyana Penz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome hemsleyana (Bullock) H.H.Iltis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome heratensis Bunge & Bien. ex Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome heydeana Donn. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Cleome hirta (Klotzsch) Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome horrida Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome houstonii R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome houtteana Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome iberica DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome iberidella Welw. ex Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome indecora Liebm. ex Schouw	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome inermis Malme	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome isomeris Greene	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome jamesonii Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome kalachariensis Gilg & Benedict	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome kelleriana (Schinz) Gilg & Benedict	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome kenneallyi Hewson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome kermesina Gilg & Benedict	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome kersiana Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome khorassanica Bunge & Bien. ex Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome laburnifolia Roessler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome lanceolata (Mart. & Zucc.) H.H.Iltis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome latifolia Vahl ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome lechleri Eichler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome lilloi M.Gómez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome limoneolens J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome linophylla (O.Schwarz) Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome longifolia C.Presl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome longipes Lamb. ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome lutea Hook.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome macradenia Schweinf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome macrantha Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome macrophylla (Klotzsch) Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome macrorhiza C.Wright	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome maculata (Sond.) Szyszyl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome magnifica Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome mathewsii Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome melanosperma S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome mexicana (DC.) D.Dietr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome microaustralica H.H.Iltis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome microcarpa Ule	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome monophylla L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome monophylloides R.Wilczek	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome moricandii Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome moritziana Klotzsch ex Eichler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome mossamedensis Exell & Mendonça	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome multicaulis Moç. & Sessé ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome niamniamensis Schweinf. & Gilg ex Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome oligandra Kers	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome omanensis (D.F.Chamb. & Lamond) Thulin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome ornithopodioides L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome ovalifolia Deflers	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome oxalidea F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome oxypetala Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome oxyphylla Burch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome pachystigma Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome pakistanica (Jafri) Khatoon & A.Perveen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome paludosa Willd. ex Eichler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome palustris Salzm. ex Turce	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome paradoxa R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome parviflora Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome parvipetala R.A.Graham	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome parvisepala Heilborn	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome parvula R.A.Graham	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome paxii (Schinz) Gilg & Benedict	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome perplexa Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome perrieri Hadj-Moust.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome pilosa Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome platycarpa Torr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome polyanthera Schweinf. & Gilg ex Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome polytricha Franch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome potosina B.L.Rob.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome procumbens Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome pruinosa T.Anderson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome pruriens Planch. & Triana	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome pulchella Schult. & Schult.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome purpurea DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome quinquenervia DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome raddeana Trautv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome ramosissina Parl. ex Webb	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome regnellii Eichler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome rosea Vahl ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome rostrata Bobrov	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome rotundifolia (Mart. & Zucc.) H.H.Iltis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome rubella Burch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome rubelloides Kers	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome rubiginosa Planch. & Triana	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome rupicola Vicary	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome rutidosperma DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome scaposa DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome schimperi Pax	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome schlechteri Briq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome selloana Klotzsch ex Eichler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome semitetandra Sond.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome serrulata Pursh	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome sessilifolia Schult. & Schult.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome siliculifera Eichler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome silvatica Gilg & Benedict	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome simplicifolia Hook.f. & Thomson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome sinaloensis Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome socotrana Balf.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome sparsifolia S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome spinosa Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome stenopetala Gilg & Benedict	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome stenophylla Klotzsch ex Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome stevensiana Schult. & Schult.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome stricta (Klotzsch) R.A.Graham	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome strigosa (Bojer) Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome stylosa Eichler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome suffruticosa Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome tenella L.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome tenuifolia (Mart. & Zucc.) H.H.Iltis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome tenuis S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome tetrandra Banks ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome titubans Speg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome torticarpa H.H.Iltis & T.Ruíz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome trachycarpa Klotzsch ex Eichler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome trollii Ernst	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome tucumanensis H.H.Iltis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome tunarensis Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome turkmena Bobrov	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome uncifera Kers	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome usambarica Pax ex Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome villosa Gardner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome violacea L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome virens J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome viridiflora Schreb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome viscosa L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome werdermannii Ernst	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Cleome yunnanensis W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 477 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cleome. Of these 206 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 68 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cleome. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 477 species names for the genus Cleome recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	206	43.2%
◕	Synonym	194	40.7%
◕	Unplaced	33	6.9%
◕	Unassessed	44	9.2%

All names

The status of the 545 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cleome recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	219	40.2%
◕	Synonym	249	45.7%
◕	Unplaced	33	6.1%
◕	Unassessed	44	8.1%

Of these names,

• 4 are recorded as invalid
• 23 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 477 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cleome, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	201	186	0	0	387	81.1%
	Low confidence	5	8	33	44	90	18.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Cleome, are as follows: