Cleome angulata

Cleome angulata, the elegant spider-flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cleomaceae. It is an annual native to western India and to Java.^[1] In western India it is found in the Konkan region of Maharashtra.^[2]

Cleome angulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Cleomaceae
Genus:	Cleome
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
Cleome elegans (DC.) Schult. & Schult.f. (1829)
Synonyms[1]
Cleome schraderi Schult. & Schult.f. (1829), nom. superfl. Corynandra angulata (DC.) R.Kr.Singh, Arigela & C.S.Reddy (2021) Corynandra elegans Chandore, U.S.Yadav & S.R.Yadav (2016) Corynandra pulchella Schrad. ex Spreng. (1827) Polanisia angulata DC. (1824) Polanisia heterophylla Wall. (1832), not validly publ. Polanisia schraderi DC. (1826), nom. superfl.