Cleome gynandra
A species in the Cleomaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Brassicales
- Family
- Cleomaceae
- Genus
- Cleome
- Species
- Cleome gynandra
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Cleome gynandra. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
43 synonyms in this snapshot
- Cleome acutaSchumach. & Thonn.
- Cleome affinis(Blume) Spreng.
- Cleome alliaceaBlanco
- Cleome alliodoraBlanco
- Cleome blumeanaD.Dietr.
- Cleome bungeiSteud.
- Cleome candelabrumSims
- Cleome denticulataSchult. & Schult.f.
- Cleome ecklonianaSchrad.
- Cleome flexuosaF.Dietr. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
- Cleome gynandra var. nana(Blatt. & Hallb.) Bhandari
- Cleome heterotrichaBurch.
- Cleome muricata(Schrad.) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Cleome oleraceaWelw.
- Cleome pentaphyllaL.
- Cleome pentaphylla var. glabraKuntze
- Cleome pentaphylla var. hirsutaKuntze
- Cleome pubescensSieber ex Steud.
- Cleome roseaEckl. ex Steud.
- Cleome sessilifolia(DC.) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Cleome triphyllaL.
- Gymnogonia pentaphylla(L.) R.Br. ex Steud.
- Gynandropsis affinisBlume
- Gynandropsis candelabrum(Sims) Sweet
- Gynandropsis denticulataDC.
- Gynandropsis glandulosaC.Presl
- Gynandropsis gynandra(L.) Briq.
- Gynandropsis heterotrichaDC.
- Gynandropsis muricataSchrad.
- Gynandropsis ophitocarpaDC.
- Gynandropsis palmipesDC.
- Gynandropsis pentaphylla(L.) DC.
- Gynandropsis pentaphyllaBlanco
- Gynandropsis pentaphylla var. nanaBlatt. & Hallb.
- Gynandropsis sessilifoliaDC.
- Gynandropsis sinicaMiq.
- Gynandropsis triphyllaDC.
- Gynandropsis viscidaBunge
- Pedicellaria gynandra(L.) Chiov.
- Pedicellaria pentaphylla(L.) Schrank
- Pedicellaria pentaphylla var. hirsutissimaDe Wild.
- Podogyne pentaphylla(L.) Hoffmanns.
- Sinapistrum pentaphyllumMedik.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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