Once upon a time, there was a Cleome plant named Cleo. Cleo lived in a beautiful garden with other flowers. One day, a mischievous butterfly decided to play a trick on Cleo by making her petals change colors every few seconds. Cleo became the talk of the garden, attracting curious visitors. The playful butterfly couldn’t resist laughing at Cleo’s puzzled expression. But instead of getting upset, Cleo embraced her ever-changing appearance and became the star of the garden. People from far and wide came to witness this unique and captivating Cleome plant. Cleo taught everyone the valuable lesson of embracing one’s uniqueness, and her story inspired other plants to be proud of their individuality too.
Once upon a time, there was a curious plant called Cleome. Cleome had vibrant pink flowers and long, spikey leaves. This plant had a special ability – it could change its color according to its mood. One day, Cleome felt lonely and turned blue. A kind little girl noticed Cleome’s sadness and started talking to it every day. Gradually, as the girl’s words of encouragement reached Cleome, it turned back to its cheerful pink color. Cleome taught everyone the importance of kindness and the power of words. From that day forward, Cleome blossomed with happiness and became a symbol of friendship in the garden.
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Cleome is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cleomaceae, commonly known as spider flowers, spider plants, spider weeds, or bee plants. Previously, it had been placed in the family Capparaceae, until DNA studies found the Cleomaceae genera to be more closely related to the Brassicaceae than the Capparaceae. Cleome and clammyweed (Polanisia dodecandra) can sometimes be confused.
The genus sensu stricto includes about 170 species of herbaceous annual or perennial plants and shrubs. The genus has a subcosmopolitan distribution throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. However, a recent DNA study failed to separate Cleome, Podandrogyne, and Polanisia from each other, so some taxonomists have abandoned the last two of these genera, treating them as part of Cleome sensu lato; in this case, Cleome contains about 275 species, the vast majority of the Cleomaceae.
The genus contains species which show an evolutionary progression from C3 to C4 photosynthesis. This, combined with it being very close to the Brassicaceae with the model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana, makes it an ideal genus in which to study the evolution of C4 photosynthesis. Morphological differences that demonstrate the transition from C3 to C4 include C3 species having leaves with more veins and larger bundle sheath cells. Also, species such as Cleome gynandra produce proteins needed for C4 photosynthesis. Three species independently acquired the C4 pathway, while others are C3–C4 intermediate or C4-like.
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