Cleome angustifolia

Cleome angustifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Cleomaceae
Genus:	Cleome
Species:	C. angustifolia
Binomial name
	Cleome angustifolia; Forssk.
Synonyms
	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

^ ^a ^b Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (in Latin). Hauniæ (Copenhagen): ex officina Mölleri. 1775. p. 120. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.41.
^ "Cleome angustifolia Forssk. – The Plant List". 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Siyabona Africa – Golden Cleome". 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
^ "Tropicos – Cleome angustifolia Forssk". 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
^ 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.

[Forsskal1775-1] Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (in Latin). Hauniæ (Copenhagen): ex officina Mölleri. 1775. p. 120. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.41.

[PlantList-2] "Cleome angustifolia Forssk. – The Plant List". 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[Kruger-3] "Siyabona Africa – Golden Cleome". 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[Tropicos-4] "Tropicos – Cleome angustifolia Forssk". 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[FeodorovaVoznesenskaya2010-5] 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.

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