Melidiscus gigantea

Melidiscus gigantea in Huntington Gardens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brassicales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Cleomaceae
Genus: Melidiscus
Species: Melidiscus gigantea

Name

Melidiscus gigantea Raf., Sylva Tellur. 110. (1838)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Cleome amazonica Heilborn
  • Cleome filisepala Standl. & L.O.Williams
  • Cleome friesii Heilb.
  • Cleome gigantea L.
  • Cleome hirsuticaulis J.F.Macbr.
  • Cleome kerberi Briquet
  • Cleome monochroma J.F.Macbr.
  • Cleome pedunculata Vell.
  • Cleome viridiflora Schreber
  • Sinapistrum giganteum (L.) Moench

References

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1838. Sylva Telluriana 110.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Melidiscus gigantea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Melidiscus gigantea. Published online. Accessed: June 6 2019.
• Roalson, E.H., Hall, J.C., Riser, J.P., Cardinal-McTeague, W.M., Cochrane, T.S. & Sytsma, K.J. 2015. A revision of generic boundaries and nomenclature in the North American cleomoid clade (Cleomaceae). Phytotaxa 205(3): 129–144. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.205.3.1 ResearchGate Reference page.