Cleome angustifolia

Cleome angustifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Cleomaceae
Genus: Cleome
Species:
C. angustifolia
Binomial name
Cleome angustifolia
Synonyms[2]
  • Cleome didynarna Hochst. ex Oliv.
  • Cleome filifolia Vahl [Illegitimate]
  • Cleome hochstetteri (Eichler) Cufod.
  • Coalisia angustifolia (Forssk.) Raf.
  • Dianthera hochstetteri Eichler

Cleome angustifolia, known as golden cleome, yellow cleome or yellow mouse whiskers,[3] is an African species of plant in the Cleomaceae family. It is common along roadsides and in disturbed areas and is eaten as vegetable locally.[3] Swedish naturalist Peter Forsskål described C. angustifolia in 1775.[1][4] It is one of three species in genus Cleome (the others being C. gynandra and C. oxalidea) that independently acquired the C4 pathway of carbon fixation. A species close to C. angustifolia, Cleome paradoxa, is C3–C4 intermediate.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (in Latin). Hauniæ (Copenhagen): ex officina Mölleri. 1775. p. 120. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.41.
  2. ^ "Cleome angustifolia Forssk. – The Plant List". 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Siyabona Africa – Golden Cleome". 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Tropicos – Cleome angustifolia Forssk". 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  5. ^ Feodorova, T.A.; Voznesenskaya, E.V.; Edwards, G.E.; Roalson, E.H. (2010). "Biogeographic patterns of diversification and the origins of C4 in Cleome (Cleomaceae)" (PDF). Systematic Botany. 35 (4): 811–826. doi:10.1600/036364410X539880. ISSN 0363-6445. Retrieved 16 June 2016.