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[[File:Cleome chelidonii in AP W IMG_9951.jpg|thumb|190px|''[[Cleome chelidonii]]'' at [[Pocharam]] lake, [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. ]]
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'''''Cleome'''''  is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Cleomaceae]].
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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==
 
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===Propagation===
 
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===Pests and diseases===
 
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==Species==
 
==Species==
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''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.
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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}}
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Selected species:
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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
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*''[[Cleome anomala]]'' Kunth; neo-tropical
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*''[[Cleome arborea]]'' Kunth
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*''[[Cleome aspera]]'' Koen. ex DC.
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*''[[Cleome augustinensis]]'' (Hochr.) Briq.
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*''[[Cleome chilensis]]'' DC.
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*''[[Cleome cordobensis]]'' Eichler ex Griseb.
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*''[[Cleome diffusa]]'' Banks ex DC.
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*''[[Cleome eosina]]'' J.F.Macbr.
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*''[[Cleome flexuosa]]'' F.Dietr.
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*''[[Cleome gigantea]]'' L.
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*''[[Cleome glabra]]'' Taub. ex Glaz.
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*''[[Cleome guianensis]]'' Aubl.
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*''[[Cleome gynandra]]'' L.
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*''[[Cleome hassleriana]]'' Chodat
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*''[[Cleome herrerae]]'' J.F.Macbr.
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*''[[Cleome hirta]]'' (Klotzsch) Oliv.
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*''[[Cleome iberica]]'' DC.
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*''[[Cleome isomeris]]'' Greene
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*''[[Cleome lanceolata]]'' (Mart. & Zucc.) H.H.Iltis
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*''[[Cleome lechleri]]'' Eichler
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*''[[Cleome lutea]]'' Hook.
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*''[[Cleome micrantha]]'' Desv. ex Ham.
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*''[[Cleome monophylla]]'' L.
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*''[[Cleome multicaulis]]'' DC.
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*''[[Cleome ornithopodioides]]'' L.
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*''[[Cleome paludosa]]'' Willd. ex Eichler
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*''[[Cleome parviflora]]'' Kunth
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*''[[Cleome pilosa]]
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*''[[Cleome platycarpa]]'' Torr.
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*''[[Cleome psoraleifolia]]'' DC.
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*''[[Cleome rubella]]'' Burch.
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*''[[Cleome rutidosperma]]'' DC.
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*''[[Cleome serrata]]'' Jacq.
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*''[[Cleome serrulata]]'' Pursh
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*''[[Cleome sparsifolia]]'' S.Wats.
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*''[[Cleome speciosa]]'' Raf.
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*''[[Cleome spinosa]]'' Jacq.
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*''[[Cleome stenophylla]]'' Klotzsch ex Urban
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*''[[Cleome stylosa]]'' Eichler
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*''[[Cleome titubans]]'' Speg.
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*''[[Cleome trachycarpa]]'' Klotzsch ex Eichler
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*''[[Cleome tucumanensis]]'' H.H.Iltis
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*''[[Cleome violacea]]'' L.
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*''[[Cleome viridiflora]]'' Schreb.
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*''[[Cleome viscosa]]'' L.
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*''[[Cleome werdermannii]]'' A. Ernst
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==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]].
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Image:Asian spiderflower (Cleome viscosa) in Anantgiri, AP W IMG 8889.jpg| at [[Ananthagiri Hills]], in [[Rangareddy district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]].
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Image:Asian spiderflower (Cleome viscosa) in Anantgiri, AP W IMG 8888.jpg| at [[Ananthagiri Hills]], in [[Rangareddy district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]].
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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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