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Cleome spinosa

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q911506
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Summary

Cleome spinosa is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (544 views/month, #1,602 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Cleome[4]
  • Taxon name: Cleome spinosa[5]
  • Subclass of: annual plant[6]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[7], nectar source[8]
  • Commons category: Tarenaya spinosa[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tarenaya spinosa[10]
  • Commons gallery: Cleome spinosa[11]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/c87068b8-7db7-49bf-b33e-eb51ffbe6345[12], https://www.gbif.org/dataset/d51a552b-0d2c-4788-a5c9-824b552abbf1[13], https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[14]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 32[15]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=157[16]
  • Short name: C. spinosa[17]
  • Taxon common name: spiny spiderflower[18], 醉蝶花[19], 西洋白花菜[20], 紫龙须[21], 白花菜[22], 刺白花菜[23]
  • NatureServe conservation status: secure[24]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[25]
  • Taxon range: Beijing[26], People's Republic of China[27], Barra do Corda[28], Cândido Mendes[29], Angola[30], Cuba[31], Gabon[32]
  • Basionym of: Tarenaya spinosa[33]

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Identifiers

Cleome spinosa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 160709[34]. Cleome spinosa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3054201[35]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 22629[36] and 565071[37].

Why It Matters

Cleome spinosa has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Related Entities

Angola Beijing Cuba Gabon People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [36] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [35] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 32. wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 32. wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of vascular plants in Beijing, China. wikidata.org.
  25. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . A plant species list dataset for urban area of Beijing, China 2007 – 2020. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of vascular plants in Beijing, China. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br. Retrieved . floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br. Retrieved . floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Itis tsn → 22629, 565071
    Has use → medicinal plant, nectar source
    Instance of → taxon
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