Cleomaceae

Cleomaceae Horan., Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 92. 1834. 'Spider Plant Family'

Characteristic Features:

Annual or perennial herbs
Periant of 4 free sepals and petals each
Stamens many
Ovary superior, sometimes with gynophores, unilocular with parietal placentation and replum
Fruit a capsule or follicle

Diversity:

World- 12 genera 257 species (The Plant List 2013); 1 genus, 346 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 1 genus, 300 species (Mabberely 2017); 25 genera, 261 species (Roskov et al. 2021)
India - 1 genus, 15 species
Indian Himalaya- 1 genus, 7 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 1 genus, 2 species (Uniyal et al. 2007, Pusalkar & Srivastava 2018)

General Characters:

Cleomaceae in Watson & Dallwitz (1992 onwards)
Cleomaceae in Stevens (2001 onwards)
Cleomaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Cleomaceae in Wikipedia

Systematic Position of the Family in Different Systems of Classifications:

Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)

Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder- Rosanae, Order- Brassicales

Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)

Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Polypetalae
Series : Thalamiflorae
Orders : Parietales

Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)

Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Rhoeadales

Hutchinson (1973)

Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum: Dicotyledones
Division : Herbaceae
Order : Brassicales

Cronquist (1988)

Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order : Capparales

Thorne & Reveal (2007)

Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Malvidae
Super Order : Capparanae
Order : Capparales

Takhtajan (2009)

Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Dilleniidae
Super Order : Capparanae
Order : Capparales

Reveal (2012)

Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Myrtanae
Order : Capparales

APG-IV (2016)

Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudicots
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superrosids
Clade : Rosids
Clade : Malvids
Order : Brassicales

Shipunov (2020)

Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order: Malvanae
Order : Brassicales
Suborder : Brassicineae

Genera & Species in Pantnagar

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~Wild Flora~

Cleome viscosa L.