Polanisia
Encyclopedia
Polanisia is a genus of flowering plant
s in the Cleome
family, Cleomaceae
. Members of the genus are commonly known as clammyweeds. P. jamesii is listed as endangered in Minnesota
, while P. dodecandra
is found throughout North America
.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the Cleome
Cleome
Cleome is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cleomaceae. Previously it had been placed in family Capparaceae, until DNA studies found the Cleomaceae genera to be more closely related to Brassicaceae than Capparaceae...
family, Cleomaceae
Cleomaceae
Cleomaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Brassicales, comprising about 300 species in 10 genera. These genera were previously included in the family Capparaceae, but were raised to a distinct family when DNA evidence showed that the genera included in it are more closely...
. Members of the genus are commonly known as clammyweeds. P. jamesii is listed as endangered in Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, while P. dodecandra
Polanisia dodecandra
Polanisia dodecandra is a species of flowering plant in the Cleome family, Cleomaceae, known by the common name redwhisker clammyweed, or simply clammyweed, although there are other Polanisia species called 'clammyweed'. It is an annual plant that is found in many types of habitat throughout much...
is found throughout North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
.
Selected species
- Polanisia dodecandraPolanisia dodecandraPolanisia dodecandra is a species of flowering plant in the Cleome family, Cleomaceae, known by the common name redwhisker clammyweed, or simply clammyweed, although there are other Polanisia species called 'clammyweed'. It is an annual plant that is found in many types of habitat throughout much...
(L.) DC. – Redwhisker Clammyweed- Polanisia dodecandra subsp. dodecandra
- Polanisia dodecandra subsp. riograndensis H.H.Iltis
- Polanisia dodecandra subsp. trachysperma (Torr. & A.Gray) H.H.Iltis
- Polanisia erosa (Nutt.) H.H.Iltis – Large Clammyweed
- Polanisia jamesii (Torr. & A.Gray) H.H.Iltis – James' Clammyweed
- Polanisia tenuifolia Torr. & A.Gray – Slenderleaf Clammyweed
- Polanisia uniglandulosa (Cav.) DC. – Mexican Clammyweed
Formerly placed here
- Arivela viscosa (L.) Raf. (as P. viscosa (L.) DC.)