Cleomaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Cleome viscosa L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 672 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat in Zeylona, Malabaria."
Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1824), Capparideae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 1: 242 [basionym]
basionym of: Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC. legitimate
Rafinesque, C.S. (1838), Sylva Telluriana: 110 [basionym]
basionym of: Arivela viscosa (L.) Raf. legitimate
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 91 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1869), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 7(52): 40 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1877), List of the plants obtained during Mr. C. Giles's travels in Australia in 1875 and 1876. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 15: 270 [secondary reference]
Tate, R. (1880), A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3: 52 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1881), Plants of North-Western Australia. Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council: 14 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 4, 140 [secondary reference]
Anonymous (1883), Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council: 5 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 5 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 8 BHL [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 34 [alternative name]
alternative name: Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC. legitimate
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 36 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC. legitimate
Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 241 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC. legitimate
Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 683 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC. legitimate
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 368 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC. legitimate
Anonymous in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), Plants collected by Dr H. Basedow on the Mackay Expedition in Arnhem Land, 1928. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 322 [secondary reference]
Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 230 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC. legitimate
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 236 BHL [secondary reference]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 338 [secondary reference]
common name: Tick-weed [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 97 [secondary reference]
Pedley, L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Capparaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 92, Fig. 117 [secondary reference]
Hewson, H.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (9 December 1982), Brassicaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 224-225, map 249 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cleome flava Banks ex DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polanisia viscosa var. grandiflora Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cleome grandiflora (Benth.) F.Muell. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Polanisia viscosa var. speciosa Domin legitimate common name: Tickweed [n/a]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Cleomaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 202 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC. legitimate common name: Tick-weed [n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 79 [secondary reference]
Brennan, K.G. (1986), Wildflowers of Kakadu: 22, Pl. 26 [secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 17 [secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Capparaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 458 [secondary reference]
common name: Tickweed [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Capparaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 262, Fig. 74F [secondary reference]
common name: Tickweed [n/a] common name: Mustard bush [n/a]
Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Capparaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 169 [secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 302 [secondary reference]
Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 82 [secondary reference]
common name: Mustard Bush [n/a] common name: Tick Weed [n/a]
  • Vernacular: booloorrbooloorr (Bardi)
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 59 [secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Capparaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 458 [secondary reference]
common name: Tickweed [n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 3289 [secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 111 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Polanisia viscosa var. speciosa Domin legitimate common name: Mustard Bush [n/a] common name: Tickweed [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC. var. viscosa legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cleome flava Banks ex DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polanisia viscosa var. grandiflora Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cleome grandiflora (Benth.) F.Muell. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Polanisia viscosa var. genuina Backer nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Polanisia viscosa var. speciosa Domin legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, ChI, SA, NT, Qld, NSW
Short, P.S. (2010), New species of Cleome L. (Cleomaceae) from the Northern Territory, Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 26: 9 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Cleome microaustralica Iltis legitimate by Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 91
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC. var. viscosa legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cleome flava Banks ex DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polanisia viscosa var. genuina Backer nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Polanisia viscosa var. speciosa Domin legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, ChI, SA, NT, Qld, NSW
Barrett, R.L., Roalson, E.H., Ottewell, K., Byrne, M., Govindwar, S.P., Yadav, S.R., Tamboli, A.S. & Gholave, A.R. (27 December 2017), Resolving Generic Boundaries in Indian–Australasian Cleomaceae: Circumscription of Areocleome, Arivela, and Corynandra as Distinct Genera. Systematic Botany 42(4): 705 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Arivela viscosa (L.) Raf. legitimate
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (24 June 2021), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2020. Nuytsia 32: 8 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Arivela viscosa (L.) Raf. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Arivela viscosa (L.) Raf. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Arivela microaustralica (Iltis) R.L.Barrett legitimate by Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 91
Brown, G.K. (December 2021), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2020 to 2021. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2021: 9 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Arivela viscosa (L.) Raf. legitimate