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[[File:Cleome chelidonii in AP W IMG_9951.jpg|thumb|190px|''[[Cleome chelidonii]]'' at [[Pocharam]] lake, [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. ]]
'''''Cleome''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Cleomaceae]].
The genus has a [[cosmopolitan distribution|subcosmopolitan]] distribution throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world.<ref name=huxley/>
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==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
===Pests and diseases===
==Species==
==Species==
''Cleome hassleriana'' (spider flower) is a commonly cultivated garden plant, which can become invasive if attention is not paid to removing it before it can shed its seeds.
C. dendroidea, Schult. Tree-like, 10-14 ft.: fls. blackish purple. Brazil. B.M. 3296.—C. gigantea, Linn. Shrubby. 3-5 ft., downy: Lfts. 7, lanceolate, lance-oblong or oblanceolate, the entire lf. shorter than petiole: fls. greenish; petals linear, 2 in. or more long, cohering by their margins and opening only on one side; sepals long-linear, glandular, becoming revolute. Trop. Amer. B.M. 3137.—C. speciosa, HBK=Gynandropsis.{{SCH}}
C. dendroidea, Schult. Tree-like, 10-14 ft.: fls. blackish purple. Brazil. B.M. 3296.—C. gigantea, Linn. Shrubby. 3-5 ft., downy: Lfts. 7, lanceolate, lance-oblong or oblanceolate, the entire lf. shorter than petiole: fls. greenish; petals linear, 2 in. or more long, cohering by their margins and opening only on one side; sepals long-linear, glandular, becoming revolute. Trop. Amer. B.M. 3137.—C. speciosa, HBK=Gynandropsis.{{SCH}}
Selected species:
Sources:<ref name=grin2>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2686 ''Cleome'' list]</ref><ref name=huxley/><ref name=fleur>Flora Europaea: [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Cleome&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= ''Cleome'' list]</ref><ref name=usda>USDA Plants Profile: [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CLEOM ''Cleome'' list]</ref><ref name=efloras>Efloras: [http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=0&name_str=cleome ''Cleome'' search results]</ref>
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*''[[Cleome aculeata]]'' L. , tropical
*''[[Cleome anomala]]'' Kunth; neo-tropical
*''[[Cleome arborea]]'' Kunth
*''[[Cleome aspera]]'' Koen. ex DC.
*''[[Cleome augustinensis]]'' (Hochr.) Briq.
*''[[Cleome chilensis]]'' DC.
*''[[Cleome cordobensis]]'' Eichler ex Griseb.
*''[[Cleome diffusa]]'' Banks ex DC.
*''[[Cleome eosina]]'' J.F.Macbr.
*''[[Cleome flexuosa]]'' F.Dietr.
*''[[Cleome gigantea]]'' L.
*''[[Cleome glabra]]'' Taub. ex Glaz.
*''[[Cleome guianensis]]'' Aubl.
*''[[Cleome gynandra]]'' L.
*''[[Cleome hassleriana]]'' Chodat
*''[[Cleome herrerae]]'' J.F.Macbr.
*''[[Cleome hirta]]'' (Klotzsch) Oliv.
*''[[Cleome iberica]]'' DC.
*''[[Cleome isomeris]]'' Greene
*''[[Cleome lanceolata]]'' (Mart. & Zucc.) H.H.Iltis
*''[[Cleome lechleri]]'' Eichler
*''[[Cleome lutea]]'' Hook.
*''[[Cleome micrantha]]'' Desv. ex Ham.
*''[[Cleome monophylla]]'' L.
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*''[[Cleome multicaulis]]'' DC.
*''[[Cleome ornithopodioides]]'' L.
*''[[Cleome paludosa]]'' Willd. ex Eichler
*''[[Cleome parviflora]]'' Kunth
*''[[Cleome pilosa]]
*''[[Cleome platycarpa]]'' Torr.
*''[[Cleome psoraleifolia]]'' DC.
*''[[Cleome rubella]]'' Burch.
*''[[Cleome rutidosperma]]'' DC.
*''[[Cleome serrata]]'' Jacq.
*''[[Cleome serrulata]]'' Pursh
*''[[Cleome sparsifolia]]'' S.Wats.
*''[[Cleome speciosa]]'' Raf.
*''[[Cleome spinosa]]'' Jacq.
*''[[Cleome stenophylla]]'' Klotzsch ex Urban
*''[[Cleome stylosa]]'' Eichler
*''[[Cleome titubans]]'' Speg.
*''[[Cleome trachycarpa]]'' Klotzsch ex Eichler
*''[[Cleome tucumanensis]]'' H.H.Iltis
*''[[Cleome violacea]]'' L.
*''[[Cleome viridiflora]]'' Schreb.
*''[[Cleome viscosa]]'' L.
*''[[Cleome werdermannii]]'' A. Ernst
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Image:Asian spiderflower (Cleome viscosa) in Anantgiri, AP W IMG 8891.jpg| at [[Ananthagiri Hills]], in [[Rangareddy district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]].
Image:Asian spiderflower (Cleome viscosa) in Anantgiri, AP W IMG 8889.jpg| at [[Ananthagiri Hills]], in [[Rangareddy district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]].
Image:Asian spiderflower (Cleome viscosa) in Anantgiri, AP W IMG 8888.jpg| at [[Ananthagiri Hills]], in [[Rangareddy district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]].
Image:Asian spiderflower (Cleome viscosa) in Anantgiri, AP W2 IMG 8889.jpg| at [[Ananthagiri Hills]], in [[Rangareddy district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]].
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==References==
==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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