Cleomella

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Cleomaceae
Genus: Cleomella
Species: C. angustifolia – C. arborea – C. brevipes – C. californica – C. hillmanii – C. jaliscensis – C. jonesii – C. longipes – C. lutea – C. macbrideana – C. mexicana – C. multicaulis – C. obtusifolia – C. oxystyloides – C. palmeri – C. palmeriana – C. parviflora – C. perennis – C. platycarpa – C. plocasperma – C. refracta – C. serrulata – C. sparsifolia
Name

Cleomella DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 237. (1824)

Type species: Cleomella mexicana DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 237. (1824)

Synonyms

Homotypic
Isopara Raf., Atlantic J. 144. (1832)
Heterotypic
Peritoma DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 237. (1824)
Type: Peritoma serrulata (Pursh.) DC. (1824)
Isomeris Nutt., Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 1(1): 124. (1838)
Type: Isomeris arborea Nutt. (1838)
Oxystylis Torr. & Frém., in Rep. Frem. App. 312. (1845)
Type: Oxystylis lutea Torr. & Frém. (1845)
Wislizenia Engelm., Mem. Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus] 99. (1848)
Type: Wislizenia refracta Engelm. (1848)
Carsonia Greene, Pittonia 4(23): 211. (1900)
Type: Carsonia sparsifolia (S.Watson) Greene, (1900)
Celome Greene, Pittonia 4(23): 210. (1900)
Type: Celome platycarpa (Torr.) Greene (1900)

References
Primary references

Candolle, A.P. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis ... (DC.) 1: 237.

Additional references

Roalson, E.H., Hall, J.C., Riser, J.P., Cardinal-McTeague, W.M., Cochrane, T.S. & Sytsma, K.J. 2015. A revision of generic boundaries and nomenclature in the North American cleomoid clade (Cleomaceae). Phytotaxa 205(3): 129–144. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.205.3.1 ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cleomella in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sept. 10. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Cleomella. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 4. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cleomella. Published online. Accessed: June 8 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cleomella in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Cleomella is a small genus of about ten species of flowering plants. Like their relatives, the cleomes, plants of this genus have traditionally been included in the caper family Capparaceae but have recently been moved into a new family, Cleomaceae. Cleomella are annual wildflowers native to the dry and desert regions of western North America. They are similar to cleomes in appearance. They are erect and branching with leaves divided into three leaflets and inflorescences of yellow flowers with long stamens. Cleomella species are known commonly as stinkweeds or simply cleomellas.

Species include:

Cleomella angustifolia - narrowleaf rhombopod
Cleomella brevipes - shortstalk stinkweed
Cleomella hillmanii - Hillman's stinkweed
Cleomella longipes - Chiricahua Mountain stinkweed
Cleomella macbrideana - MacBride cleomella
Cleomella obtusifolia - Mojave stinkweed
Cleomella palmeriana - Rocky Mountain stinkweed
Cleomella parviflora - slender stinkweed
Cleomella plocasperma - twisted cleomella

References