Volume 27, Issue 80, July - December, 2026

Taxonomic Notes on Cleome angulata (DC.) Schult. & Schult.f. and Cleome chelidonii L.f. (Cleomaceae), with the First Record of Cleome angulata from Karnataka, India

Tejashwini Patil¹, Vanaja G Patgar¹, Shreyas Betageri^3♦, Sidanand V Kambhar², Kotresha K¹

¹Taxonomy and Floristic Laboratory, Department of UG, PG and Research in Botany, Karnatak University's, Karnataka Science College, Dharwad-580001, India.
²Department of Botany, Sriman Niranjan Jagadguru Pancham Shri Nijalingeshwar Mahaswamigalu (S.N.J.P.S.N.M.S) Trust’s, Computer Application, Science and Commerce Degree College, Nidasoshi- 591 236, Hukkeri, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
³J.S.S Banashankari Arts, Commerce and Shantikumar Gubbi Science College, Vidyagiri, Dharwad, Karnataka, India.

^♦Corresponding Author
Shreyas Betageri, J.S.S Banashankari Arts, Commerce and Shantikumar Gubbi Science College, Vidyagiri, Dharwad, Karnataka, India

ABSTRACT

Cleome angulata (Cleomaceae) is recorded for the first time from Dharwad District, Karnataka. This species was earlier reported from the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Telangana. The present record considered as a new distributional record for the state which extends from the known geographical range. The present species has been compared with Cleome chelidonii with respect to stem anatomy and seed morphometry. The comparative account is represented with differences in characters such as vegetative, anatomical, and seed which will be reliable taxonomic evidence for species delimitation. The present study provides a detailed morphological description along with coluored photoplate is provided.

Keywords: Corynandra, Polanisia, stem anatomy, seed morphometry, tubercles

Species, 2026, 27(80), e20s3298

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Published: 16 August 2026