Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1824), Capparideae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 1: 237 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1983) No. 3087).

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 91 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 36 [secondary reference]

Hewson, H.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Capparaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 223 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cleome L. legitimate

Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawkesworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 204 [secondary reference]

• Type: Gynandropsis pentaphylla (L.) DC.

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 193 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cleome L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cleome L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: CoI, ChI (naturalised), AR (naturalised), NT, Qld (naturalised)

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