External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30124890-2
- Publication
- Flora Jamaicensis...
- Collation
- 18
- Date of Publication
- 22 Dec 1759
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Capparaceae
Type Information
- Locality
- Habitat [in Jamaica.]
- Type Herbaria
- lectotype LINN (Herb. Linn. No. 850.4)
- Chosen By
- Iltis Brittonia 12(4): 284. 1964 [15 Oct 1960] For C. pentaphylla, Iltis did not refer to Linnaeus's 1759 publication, but referred to: Sp. Pl. ed. 2. 938. 1763.
- Distribution Of Types
- Jamaica (Caribbean, Southern America)
Remarks
Although L. did not provide a validating diagnosis for C. pentaphylla, his citation Cleome 3 pentaphylla 273 refers to Cleome species no. 3 on p. 273 in P. Browne's Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica (1756) and provides the validating diagnosis.