Cleome longipes
| Cleome longipes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Cleomaceae |
| Genus: | Cleome |
| Species: | C. longipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Cleome longipes Lamb. ex DC. | |
Cleome longipes of the Capper family (Capparidaceae) is a shrub found in the dry tropics and rainforest clearings from Costa Rica to northern Peru. Its most interesting characteristic is its gynophore (stipe of a pistil), which can be up to six inches (15 centimeters) in length (exceeded only by Gigasiphon macrosiphon) bearing an equally long and very skinny seed pod. These all emerge from a tiny flower only one-twelfth inch (two millimeters) wide.[1]
References
- ^ McBride, J. Francis (October 31, 1938). "<not recorded>". Flora of Peru. part 2 (3): 993–994.